UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year endedJune 30, 20172022

 

or

 

☐ TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ___________to___________ to ___________

 

Commission file number001-33997001-34024

  

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Virginia 11-3588546
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

 

1044 Northern Boulevard, 98 Cutter Mill Road

Suite 305311

Roslyn,Great Neck, New York 11576-151411021

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(718) 888-1814

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Common Stock, Without Par Value Per ShareNASDAQ Capital Market
(Title of each class)class (Trading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered)registered
Common Stock, no par valueSGLYThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes ☐   No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.Yes ☐   No ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes    No 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulations S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes    No 

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.  ☒

Indicate by check mark if disclosurewhether any of delinquent filersthose error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☒§240.10D-1(b).  ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting fi rm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐   No ☒

 

The aggregate market value of voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of December 31, 2016,2021, the last business day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter, was approximately $11,404,369.90.$76,182,171.

 

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of September 25, 2017March 3, 2023 was 10,105,535.21,944,333.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA,SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY LTD.

 

FORM 10-K

 

INDEX

 

Introductionii
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statementsiii
PART I   
Item 1.Business   Business1
Item 1A.Risk Factors   Risk Factors78
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments Unresolved Staff Comments712
Item 2.Properties Properties712
Item 3.Legal Proceedings Legal Proceedings712
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures Mine Safety Disclosures12
7
PART II   
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities8
Item 6. Selected Financial Data913
Item 7.6.[Reserved] 13
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation9
Item 7A. 13
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk21
Item 8. 22
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data21
Item 9. 22
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure21
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures21
Item 9B.Other Information22
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures22
Item 9B.Other Information23
Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections23
PART III   
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance23
Item 11. Executive Compensation2524
Item 12.11.Executive Compensation 27
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters27
Item 13. 29
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence29
Item 14. 30
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services29
Item 15. 32
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules3033
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary34

 

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INTRODUCTION

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this annual report on Form 10-K:10-K (this “Report”):

 

 “We,” “us,” “our,” and “our Company” refer to Sino-Global Shipping America,Singularity Future Technology Ltd., a Virginia company incorporated in April 2001,September 2007, and all of its direct and indirect consolidated subsidiaries;

 “Singularity” refers to Singularity Future Technology, Ltd;

 “Sino-Global” or “Sino” refers to Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd;
“Sino-China” refers to Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd., a Chinese legal entity,entity;

 
“Trans Pacific” refers to and relates collectively to Trans Pacific Shipping Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary located in China, and Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Ltd., 90% of whose equity is owned by Trans Pacific Shipping Ltd.;
“Shares” refers to shares of our common stock, without par value per share;
“PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding Taiwan for the purpose of this annual report, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau;Report;

 
“US” or “U.S.” refers to the United States of America;

 
“HK” refers to Hong Kong; and
“RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the legal currency of China, and “$” or “U.S. dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States.

 

Names of certain PRC companies provided in this Form 10-KReport are translated or transliterated from their original PRC legal names. Discrepancies, if any, in any table between the amounts identified as total amounts and the sum of the amounts listed therein are due to rounding.

 

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SPECIALCAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Form 10-KReport contains certain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements regarding our projected growth, trends and strategies, future operating and financial results, financial expectations and current business indicators are based upon current information and expectations and are subject to change based on factors beyond our control. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by the use of terms such as “look,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “might,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. The accuracy of such statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties we face that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including but not limited to the following:

 

 Ourour ability to timely and properly deliver shipping agency, shipping and chartering, inland transportation management and ship managementour services;

 
Our

our dependence on a limited number of major customers and related parties;suppliers;

 our ability to resume our business of sales of crypto mining machines and to expand our operations after the conclusion of the investigation;

 

Politicalcurrent and future political and economic factors in China;

the United States and China and the relationship between the two countries;

 our ability to explore and enter into new business opportunities and the acceptance in the marketplace of our new lines of business;

 

Our ability to expand and grow our lines of business;

Unanticipatedunanticipated changes in general market conditions or other factors which may result in cancellations or reductions in the need for our services;

 the demand for warehouse, shipping and logistics services;

 

The effect of terrorist acts, or the threat thereof, on consumer confidence and spending or the production and distribution of product and raw materials which could, as a result, adversely affect our services, operations and financial performance;

The acceptance in the marketplace of our new lines of services;

The foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;

 possible disruptions in commercial activities caused by events such as natural disasters, health epidemics, terrorist activity and armed conflict;

 

Hurricanes or other natural disasters;

Ourour ability to identify and successfully execute cost control initiatives;

 
Thethe impact of quotas, tariffs or safeguards on our customer products that we service;

our ability to attract, retain and motivate qualified management team members and skilled personnel;

relevant governmental policies and regulations relating to our businesses and industries;
   
 Our abilitydevelopments in, or changes to, attract, retainlaws, regulations, governmental policies, incentives and motivate skilled personnel; ortaxation affecting our operations;
   
 Our expansionour reputation and growth into other areasability to do business may be impacted by the improper conduct of our employees, agents or business partners; and
the shipping industry.outcome of litigation or investigation in which we are involved is unpredictable, and an adverse decision in any such matter could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and equity.

 

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update thisthe forward-looking information.statements. Nonetheless, the Company reserves the right to make such updates from time to time by press release, periodic report or other method of public disclosure without the need for specific reference to this Report. No such update shall be deemed to indicate that other statements not addressed by such update remain correct or create an obligation to provide any other updates.

 

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PART I

 

Item 1.Business.

Item 1. Business.

 

Overview

 

Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (“Sino” or the “Company”),We are a Virginia corporation,global logistics integrated solution provider that was founded in the United States (the “U.S.”) in 2001. Sino is a non-asset based global shipping and freight logistics integrated solution provider. Sino provides tailored solutions and value-added services to its customers to drive effectiveness and control in related aspects throughout the entire shipping and freight logistic chain. Our current service offerings consist of inland transportation management services,We primarily focus on providing freight logistics services, which mainly include shipping, warehouse, resources, equipment, and container trucking services. other logistical support to steel companies and e-commerce businesses.

We suspendedpreviously focused on providing customized freight logistic services until 2017 when we began exploring new opportunities to expand our shipping agencybusiness and ship management servicesgenerate more revenue. These opportunities ranged from the beginning ofcomplementary businesses to other new service and product initiatives. In the fiscal year 2016, primarily due2022, while we continued to changesprovide our traditional freight business, we expanded our services to include warehousing services provided by our U.S. subsidiary Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc since August 2021. On January 3, 2022, we changed our corporate name to Singularity Future Technology Ltd. to align with our entry into the digital assets business through our U.S. subsidiaries. During 2022, we were engaged in market condition. purchases and sales of cryptocurrency mining machines through our U.S. subsidiaries and ceased this line of business in December 2022 following our settlement with SOSNY, as more fully described below under the heading “– Recent Developments – Settlement with SOS Information Technology New York, Inc.”

We also suspendedare currently engaged in providing freight logistics services including warehouse services, which are operated by our subsidiaries Trans Pacific Shipping Limited and Ningbo Saimeinuo Supply Chain Management Ltd in China and Gorgeous Trading Ltd and Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc in the United States. Our range of services include transportation, warehouse, collection, first-mile delivery, drop shipping, customs clearance, and overseas transit delivery.

Since the publication of the Hindenburg Report (as defined below), we have devoted substantial resources and efforts in the cooperation with the investigation of the Special Committee and U.S. governmental authorities, as well as the settlements with investors and vendor and the defense of lawsuits, which are fully described below. As a result, our business operations have been materially and adversely impacted, including suspension of our business developments in North America. We are currently exploring new business opportunities while continuing to provide freight logistics services, which include shipping and charteringwarehouse services.

Recent Developments

Special Committee Investigation

On May 5, 2022, an entity named Hindenburg Research issued a report (the “Hindenburg Report”) regarding the Company alleging, among other things, that the Company’s then Chief Executive Officer, Yang Jie, was a fugitive on the run from Chinese authorities for running an alleged $300 million Ponzi scheme that lured in over 20,000 victims. The report also raised questions regarding the Company’s joint venture to produce crypto mining equipment announced in October 2021, as well as a $200 million order purportedly received by the joint venture in January 2022. Further, the report was critical of the Company’s April 2022 announcement of a $250 million partnership with an entity named Golden Mainland Inc. On May 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) formed a special committee of its Board of Directors (the “Special Committee”) to investigate claims of alleged fraud, misrepresentation, and inadequate disclosure related to the Company and certain of its management personnel raised in the Hindenburg Report and other related matters. The Special Committee then retained Blank Rome LLP to serve as independent legal counsel and advise the Committee on the investigation. The Special Committee completed the fact-finding portion of its investigation prior to December 31, 2022. The Special Committee’s preliminary findings corroborate certain of the allegations made in the Hindenburg Report and the investigation has resulted in the terminations and resignations of certain executive officers and directors of the Company, including but not limited to, the following:

On June 16, 2022, Ms. Tuo Pan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, without proper authorization by the Board, directed that funds be wired to satisfy an invoice for legal services primarilythat were rendered or to be rendered to Ms. Pan personally. Ms. Pan was suspended by the Board for cause and without pay effective June 20, 2022. On August 31, 2022, Ms. Tuo Pan was terminated for cause as an employee and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and from any other position at any subsidiary of the Company to which she has been appointed in accordance with the terms of her Employment Agreement dated November 9, 2021 and will not receive any salary or benefits from the Company except those earned through August 31, 2022.


On August 9, 2022, Mr. Yang Jie tendered his resignation from his positions as the Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company to the Board, following the Board’s decision on August 8, 2022, which adopted the Special Committee’s recommendation that Mr. Jie be suspended immediately as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, pending the Special Committee’s further investigation into allegations raised in the report of Hindenburg Report and other related matters.

On August 16, 2022, the Staff and attorneys from Blank Rome LLP, counsel for the Special Committee, held a conference call, during which counsel represented that Yang Jie had provided documentation to the SEC that indicated that the charges against him in China had been dropped, but the Special Committee’s investigation raised questions regarding the authenticity of such documents. The Special Committee has concluded that Mr. Jie was in fact issued a “Red Notice” in China. In terms of remediating this issue, after being suspended by the Special Committee on August 8, 2022, Mr. Yang Jie had resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company on August 9, 2022.

On January 9, 2023, the Company entered into an Executive Separation Agreement and General Release (the “Separation Agreement”), with Lei Cao, an employee of the Company and a member of the Board, setting forth the terms and conditions related to (1) the termination of Mr. Cao’s employment with the Company and the termination of the employment agreement dated as of November 1, 2021 as well as cancellation and/or termination of certain other agreements relating to Mr. Cao’s employment with the Company; and (2) Mr. Cao’s resignation from the Board, effective as of January 9, 2023.

Pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Mr. Cao submitted a letter of resignation from the Board on January 9, 2023. In addition, he agreed to forfeit and return to the Company the 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company (the “2021 Shares”). Mr. Cao also agreed to cooperate with the Company regarding certain investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and/or any other matters arising out of or related to Mr. Cao’s relationship with or service to the Company. In consideration, the Company agreed to provide the following benefits to which Mr. Cao was not otherwise entitled: (1) payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Mr. Cao up through January 9, 2023 associated with Mr. Cao’s personal legal representation in matters relating to Mr. Cao’s tenure with the Company, the investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and the negotiation and drafting of the Separation Agreement; (2) the release of claims in Mr. Cao’s favor contained in the Separation Agreement; and (3) payment of Mr. Cao’s reasonable and necessary legal fees to the extent incurred by Mr. Cao as a result of his cooperation as required by the terminationCompany under the terms of vessel acquisition in December 2015.the Separation Agreement. Additionally, the Separation Agreement contains mutual general releases and waiver of claims from Mr. Cao and the Company.

 

On February 23, 2023, the Board approved the dissolution of the Special Committee upon conclusion of the committee’s investigation. On the same day, John Levy resigned as a director and member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee of the Board, effective immediately.

Nasdaq Listing Deficiencies

On May 24, 2022, the Company received a delinquency notice from Nasdaq indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to its delay in filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The Company conductswas provided 60 days to submit a plan to regain compliance. On July 25, 2022 and September 14, 2022, the Company submitted its business primarily throughplan to regain compliance and supplementary information related to the plan, respectively (collectively, the “Compliance Plan”). Based on the review of the Compliance Plan as well as telephone conversations with outside counsel to the Company and counsel to the Company’s Special Committee, the Staff has determined that the Company did not provide a definitive plan evidencing its wholly-owned subsidiaries inability to file the U.S. (New YorkQuarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and Los Angeles), the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”), including Hong Kong, Australia and Canada. Currently, a significant portion of our business is generated fromAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the clients located in the PRC. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2017,ended June 30, 2022 (collectively, the “Reports”) within the 180 calendar day period available to the Staff under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.


Specifically, the delisting determination referenced several aspects of the Compliance Plan that raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to regain compliance: (i) the unreasonably short timeframe for the Company established ACH Trucking Center Corp.to file the Reports based on the anticipated timeframe the Special Committee needs to substantially complete its investigation; (ii) the Company’s ability to engage a new independent registered public accounting firm; and (iii) the departure of both the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

On November 16, 2022, the Company received an additional staff determination notice from Nasdaq, advising that it had not received the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022, which served as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities and that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) will consider the additional deficiency in rendering a determination regarding the Company’s continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company has submitted to the Panel a plan to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements, including the filing of the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022.

On January 5, 2023, the Company received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq informing the Company that its common stock, no par value, fails to comply with the $1 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing bid price of the common stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the notice from Nasdaq. The Company has been provided an initial compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until July 5, 2023, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.

On February 21, 2023, the Company received an additional staff determination notice from Nasdaq, advising that it had not received the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022, which served as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities. The notice stated that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel will consider the additional deficiency in rendering a determination regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq. The Company has submitted to the Panel a plan to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements and has been granted a grace period to file all the delinquent reports, including the filing of the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022, on or before February 28, 2023.

Settlement with SOS Information Technology New York, asInc.

SOS Information Technology New York, Inc. (“SOSNY”), a joint venture with Jetta Global Logistics Inc. The Company owns 51%company incorporated under the laws of ACH Trucking Center Corp.

Company Structure and Function

The Company conducts its business primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the U.S. (Newstate of New York and Los Angeles), China (including Hong Kong), Australia, and Canada.

 

The Company’s subsidiary in China, Trans Pacific Shipping Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”), a wholly owned foreign enterprise, investedsubsidiary of SOS Ltd., filed a lawsuit in one 90%-owned subsidiary, Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Limitedthe New York State Supreme Court on December 9, 2022 against Thor Miner, Inc., which is the Company’s joint venture (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”. Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Shanghai areThor Miner,” together with the Company, referred to collectively as “Trans Pacific”the “Corporate Defendants”), Lei Cao, Yang Jie, John F. Levy, Tieliang Liu, Tuo Pan, Shi Qiu, Jing Shan, and Heng Wang (jointly referred to as the “Individual Defendants”) (collectively, the Individual Defendants and the Corporate Defendants are the “Defendants”). As PRC lawsSOSNY and regulations restrict foreign ownershipThor Miner entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated January 10, 2022 (the “PSA”) for the purchase of local shipping agency service businesses,$200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs, which SOSNY claims was breached by the Defendants.

SOSNY and Defendants entered into a certain settlement agreement and general mutual release with an Effective Date of December 28, 2022 (the “Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to pay a sum of $13,000,000 (the “Settlement Payment”) to SOSNY in exchange for SOSNY dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice as to the settling Defendants and without prejudice as to all others. The full Settlement Payment was received by SOSNY on December 28, 2022. SOSNY dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice against Singularity (and other Defendants) on December 28, 2022.

The Company and Thor Miner further covenanted and agreed that if they receive additional funds from HighSharp (Shenzhen Gaorui) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (“HighSharp”) related to the PSA, they will promptly transfer such funds to SOSNY in an amount not to exceed $40,560,569 (which is the total amount paid by SOSNY pursuant to the PSA less the price of the machines actually received by SOSNY pursuant to the PSA). The Settlement Payment and any payments subsequently received by SOSNY from HighSharp shall be deducted from the total amount of $40,560,569 previously paid by, and now due and owing to SOSNY. In further consideration of the Settlement Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to execute and provide to SOSNY, within seven (7) business days after SOSNY’s receipt of the Settlement Payment, an assignment of all claims it may have against HighSharp or otherwise to the proceeds of the PSA.

Litigations

Lawsuits in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement

On September 23, 2022, Hexin Global Limited and Viner Total Investments Fund filed a lawsuit against the Company provided its shipping agency servicesand other defendants in the PRC through Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China” or “VIE”United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Hexin lawsuit”),. On December 5, 2022, St. Hudson Group LLC, Imperii Strategies LLC, Isyled Technology Limited, and Hsqynm Family Inc. filed a Chinese legal entity, which holdslawsuit against the licensesCompany and permits necessary to operate local shipping agency servicesother defendants in the PRC. Trans Pacific BeijingUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “St. Hudson lawsuit,” and Sino-China do not havetogether with the Hexin lawsuit, the “Investor Actions”). The plaintiffs in the Investor Actions are investors that entered into a parent-subsidiary relationship. Trans Pacific Beijing has contractual arrangementssecurities purchase agreement with Sino-China and its shareholders that enable the Company in December 2021 as more fully described below. Each of these plaintiffs asserts causes of action for, among other things, violations of federal securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, conversion, and unjust enrichment, and seeks monetary damages and specific performance to substantially control Sino-China. Through Sino-China,remove legends from certain securities sold pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Hexin lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $6 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. The St. Hudson lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $4.4 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees.


Lawsuit in connection with the Financial Advisory Agreement

On October 6, 2022, Jinhe Capital Limited (“Jinhe”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting causes of actions for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, conversion, quantum meruit, and unjust enrichment, in connection with a financial advisory agreement entered into by and between Jinhe and the Company on November 10, 2021. Jinhe claims monetary damages of “at least $575,000” and “potentially exceeding $1.8 million,” plus interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees.

On January 10, 2023, St. Hudson lawsuit was consolidated with this lawsuit and Hexin lawsuit; on February 24, 2023, all three consolidated actions were dismissed without prejudice by the court, in furtherance of the parties having reached an agreement in principle to settle their disputes.

Putative Class Action

On December 9, 2022, Piero Crivellaro, purportedly on behalf of the persons or entities who purchased or acquired publicly traded securities of the Company between February 2021 and November 2022, filed a putative class action against the Company and other defendants in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleging violations of federal securities laws related to alleged false or misleading disclosures made by the Company in its public filings. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages, plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. On February 7, 2023, two additional plaintiffs moved to be appointed as the lead class plaintiff in this action; those motions remain under the Court’s consideration. As this action is still in the early stage, the Company cannot predict the outcome.

In addition to the above litigations, the Company is also subject to additional contractual litigations as to which it is unable to estimate the outcome.

Government Investigations

Following a publication of the Hindenburg Report, the Company received subpoenas from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is cooperating with the government regarding these matters. At this early stage, the Company is not able to provide local shipping agency services in all commercial ports inestimate the PRC. In lightoutcome or duration of the government investigations.

Recent Financings

December 2021 Securities Purchase Agreement

On December 14, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “December 2021 SPA”) with certain non-U.S. investors and accredited investors (the “Investors”) pursuant to which the Company sold to the Investors an aggregate of 3,228,807 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 4,843,210 shares of common stock. The purchase price for each share of common stock and one and a half warrants is $3.26, and the exercise price per warrant is $4.00. The warrants will be exercisable at any time during the period beginning on or after June 14, 2022 and ending on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 13, 2026; provided, however, that the total number of the Company’s decision notissued and outstanding shares of common stock, multiplied by the Nasdaq official closing bid price of the common stock shall equal or exceed $150,000,000 for a three consecutive month period prior to pursuean exercise. This transaction is the local shipping agency business,subject of the Investor Actions described above.

On December 14, 2021, the transaction contemplated by the December 2021 SPA closed because all the closing conditions of the agreement were satisfied. The issuance and sale of the shares and warrants issued by the December 2021 SPA are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act pursuant to Regulation S promulgated thereunder.

December 2021 Convertible Notes

On December 19, 2021, the Company has suspended its shipping agency services through its VIEissued two senior convertible notes (the “December 2021 Convertible Notes”) to two non-U.S. investors for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000. The December 2021 Convertible Notes bear interest at 5% annually and has not undertaken any business through or with Sino-China since June 2014. Nevertheless,may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock per share at a conversion price of $3.76 per share, the closing price of the common stock on December 17, 2021. The December 2021 Convertible Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company, continues to maintain its contractual relationship withand the VIE because Sino-China is onematurity date of the committee membersconvertible notes is December 18, 2023. The Company may repay any portion of China Associationthe outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, without penalty for early repayment. The Company may make any repayment of Shipping Agencies & Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (“CASA”). CASA was approved to form by China Ministryprincipal and interest in (a) cash, (b) common stock at the conversion price or (c) a combination of Communications. Sino-China is also our only entity that is qualified to do shipping agency business in China. We keepcash or common stock at the VIE to prepare ourselves for the market to turn around. conversion price. The investors may convert any conversion amount into common stock on any date beginning on June 19, 2022.

 

Currently, the Company’s inland transportation management services are operated by its subsidiaries in the PRC (including Hong Kong) and the U.S. Our freight logistic services are operated by the Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC, New York and Los Angeles. Our container trucking services are mainly operated by our subsidiaries and joint venture company in the PRC, New York and Los Angeles.

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At the investors’ request, the Company prepaid $5,000,000 in aggregate of the principal amount, without interest, of the December 2021 Convertible Notes on March 8, 2022. On March 8, 2022, the Company issued two Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Notes (the “March 2022 Amended and Restated Convertible Notes”) to the investors to change the principal amount of the December 2021 Convertible Notes to $5,000,000. The terms of the March 2022 Amended and Restated Convertible Notes are the same as that of the December 2021 Convertible Notes, except for the reduced principal amount and the waiver of interest for the $5,000,000 payment made on March 8, 2022.

January 2022 Warrant Purchase Agreement

On January 6, 2022, the Company entered into warrant purchase agreements with certain warrant holders (the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the Company repurchased an aggregate of 3,870,800 warrants (the “January 2022 Warrants”) from the Sellers. These warrants were sold to these Sellers in three previous transactions that closed on February 11, 2021, February 10, 2021, and March 14, 2018. The purchase price for each warrant was $2.00. Following announcement of the warrant purchase agreement, on January 6, 2022, the Company repurchase an additional 103,200 warrants from other Sellers on the same terms as the previously announced warrant purchase agreements. The aggregate number of warrants repurchased under the warrant purchase agreements was 3,974,000.

On January 7, 2022, the Company wired the purchase price to each Seller. Each Seller agreed to deliver the January 2022 Warrants to the Company for cancellation as soon as practicable following the closing date, but in no event later than January 13, 2022 . The January 2022 Warrants were deemed cancelled upon the receipt by the Sellers of the purchase price.

Corporate History and Our Business Segments

 

SinceFrom inception in 2001 and throughto our fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, our sole business was providing shipping agency services. In general, we provided two types of shipping agency services: loading/discharging services and protective agency services, in which we acted as a general agent to provide value added solutions to our customers. For loading/discharging agency services, we received the total payment from our customers in U.S. dollars and paid the port charges on behalf of our customers in RMB. For protective agency services, we charged a fixed amount as agent fee while customers arewere responsible for the payment of port costs and expenses. Under these circumstances, we generally required a portion of a customer’s payment in advance and billed the remaining balance within 30 days after the transaction were completed. We believe the most significant factors that directly or indirectly affected our shipping agency service revenues were:

 

the number of ship-times to which we provide port loading/discharging services;
the size and types of ships we serve;
the type of services we provide;
the rate of service fees we charge;
the number of ports at which we provide services; and
the number of customers we serve.

While we were able to consistently generate net revenues from shipping agency business, this business was not profitable largely due to the rising operating costs associated with doing business in China including the appreciation of RMB against U.S. dollar. In light of consecutive years of operating losses and concerns raised by the U.S. regulators over our VIE structure, the Company decided to reorganize its business structure in fiscal year 2013. Commencing the later part of fiscal year 2013 and continuing in fiscal year 2014, we took various actions to restructure our business with the goal of achieving a certain level of profitability. As a result of these business reorganization efforts, we optimized our cost structure, reduced our dependency on shipping agency business, and shifted our shipping agency operation from our VIE to our wholly-owned subsidiaries in China and Hong Kong.

In June 2013, the Company executed a 5-year global logistics service agreement with TEWOO Chemical & Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd, which is controlled by Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd (“Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan is controlled by Mr. Zhong Zhang. Mr. Zhang purchased 1,800,000 shares of our common stock for approximately $3 million in April 2013 as approved by our Board of Directors and shareholders, which made Mr. Zhang our largest shareholder. Leveraging our business relationship with Zhiyuan,January 2016, we expanded our service offeringsbusiness to include shipping and chartering services and inland transportation management services to diversify our business. Leveraging our in-depth knowledge of the shipping industry, inland transportation management services are our tailored value-added solution developed for Zhiyuan to prevent high-priced bulk from damage or loss during its inland transportation from warehouses to factories. Given the industry norm of 12% of loss rate during transportation, our integrated inland transportation solution significantly reduces bulk losses and effectively addresses issues in the freight logistics chain. In August 2017, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with Zhiyuan to extend the service period until September 1, 2018. Furthermore, after we have conducted an effective trial for Zhiyuan to reduce their bulk losses at the end of September 2014, Tengda Northwest Ferroalloy Co., Ltd. (“Tengda Northwest”) signed a contract with us to mitigate their bulk losses through our inland transportation management services. In July 2017 the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with Tengda Northwest to extend the service period until July 3, 2018.

In May 2014, the Company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Qingdao Zhenghe Shipping Group Limited (“Zhenghe”), one of the largest shipping and transportation companies in China, to jointly explore mutually beneficial business development opportunities. In June 2014, Mr. Deming Wang, a major owner of Zhenghe, acquired 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. In August 2014, the Company executed an agreement to acquire all of the equity of Longhe Ship Management (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (“LSM”) through its subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping (HK) Inc. from Mr. Wang, to further broaden our scope of services and expertise in the ship management business. Due to market condition and high operating costs associated with this business line, the Company decided to suspend the ship management business starting from the fiscal year 2016.

On April 10, 2015, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Rong Yao International Shipping Limited, a Hong Kong company (the “Vessel Seller”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire, subject to a number of closing conditions, “Rong Zhou”, an 8,818 gross tonnage oil/chemical transportation tanker (the “Vessel”) from the Vessel Seller; and in connection therewith, the Company issued to the Vessel Seller 1.2 million shares of its restricted common stock representing $2,220,000 of the $10.5 million purchase price for the Vessel. On December 7, 2015, the Company and the Vessel Seller entered into a supplemental agreement to terminate the proposed Vessel acquisition.

The Company received $330,000 from the Vessel Seller in December 2015 in connection with the termination. The 1.2 million shares were returned to the Company on February 12, 2016 and were thereafter cancelled. In connection with the termination of the acquisition of Rong Yao International Shipping Limited (“Rong Yao”) on December 7, 2015, the Company realigned its development strategy and suspended shipping and chartering services until the economy is improved.

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In January 2016, the Company formed a new subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping LA Inc. (“Sino LA”), for the purpose of expanding its business to provide import security filing services with U.Sthe U.S. Customs and Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of importers who ship goods into the U.S. and also providingprovided inland transportation services to these importers in the U.S. On April 18, 2016, Sino LA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Yaxin International Co., Ltd. (“Yaxin”), pursuant to which Sino LA will provide logistics services to Yaxin, who ship goods via containers into the U.S. and places them onAmazon.com. The services include cargo forwarding, customs filing and declaration, trucking and other services.

 

In May 2016, the Company entered into a strategic partnership with Shandong Hi-speed TEU Logistics Co., LTD. (“Shandong Hi-speed TEU”), which belongs to one of China’s largest state-owned enterprises, Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd., to jointly establish a platform for coordinated transport between China and North America. The Company and Shandong Hi-speed TEU intend to cooperate in creating a standardized network that will unite carriers of the twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs in China via sea and rail and coordinate with parties in North America and Australia. The companies will serve both upstream and downstream customers through the platform, establish a door-to-door logistics and provide supply chain service.

During our fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, Sino continued to provide inland transportation services. In addition, Sino added freight logistics services andwe also expanded into container trucking services as new business sectors to provide related transportation logistics services to customers in the U.S. and in China. Sino has signed cooperation agreements with COSCO China and Sinotrans, two state-owned enterprises of China, to provide freight logistics services and container trucking services to them in the U.S. To ensure effective and high-quality services providing to our customers in the U.S., Sino established a joint venture, ACH Trucking Center Corp., in the third quarter of fiscal 2017 with U.S. local freight forwarder, Jetta Global Logistics Inc. This will increase our quantities of commodity transported and improve the quality of service provided to our customers in the eastern region of the U.S.

Our Strategy

Our strategy is to:

Provide better solutions for issues and challenges faced by the entire shipping and freight logistic chain to better serve our customers and explore additional growth avenues.

Diversify our current service offerings organically or through acquisitions and/or strategic alliance; continue to grow our business in the U.S. market;

Continue to streamline our business practice, optimize our cost structure and improve our operating efficiency through effective planning, budgeting, execution and cost control;

Continue to reduce our dependency on our legacy business and few key customers; and

Continue to monetize our relationships with our strategic partners and leverage their support and our innovation to expand our business.

Our Management Team

We believe we have a strong and experienced management team including our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Lei Cao; our Acting Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Tuo Pan; our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Zhikang Huang; and our Chief Technical Officer, Mr. Yafei Li, who, together as a team, have many years of experience, extensive business connections in the shipping industry in China, and substantial experience in SEC reporting and compliance, business reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, accounting, risk management and operations of both public and private companies.

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Business Segments

As of June 30, 2017, Sino-Global delivers inland transportation management services, freight logistics services and container trucking servicesan effort to further diversify our customers.

Historically, the Company was in the business, of solely providing shipping agency services. In fiscal year 2014, by leveraging the support of Sino-Global’s largest shareholder, Mr. Zhang and the company he controls, Zhiyuan Investment Group, the Company expanded its service platform to include shipping and chartering services during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 and inland transportation management services during the quarter ended December 31, 2013. We suspended shipping and chartering services as a result of the termination of the vessel acquisition in December 2015. With the acquisition of LSM in 2014, we added ship management services to our service platform but we suspended it together with shipping agency services in 2016 primarily due to market conditions. With the establishment of Sino-LA, we added cargo forwarding services to our service platform in the second quarter of fiscal 2017, which is included in our inland transportation business line at the end of June 30, 2016. As we are developing our cargo forwarding services, the Company provides freight logistics services and container trucking services as two new business segments during this fiscal year.

Our Goals and Strategic Plan

By leveraging our fine reputation, extensive business relationships, technical ability and in-depth knowledge of the shipping industry, our goal is to further strengthen our position as a leading global logistic solution provider who offers innovative resolutions to better address complex issues in different aspects in the entire shipping and freight logistic chain.

We historically focused our business on providing our customers with customized shipping agency services. In the past, our business came predominately from our strong business relationships with our key strategic partners in China. To reduce our dependency on a single business line, we have leveraged, and will continue to leverage, our business relationships with strategic partners to introduce new service offerings to the market and to diversify our business. In light of the slowdown of the Chinese economy and its negative impact on the shipping business across Pacific Ocean, our strategic plan for the next 5 years is to continue to diversify our service mix and actively seek new growth opportunities to expand our business footprint in the U.S. market to reduce our dependency on the revenue generated from China. For decades, the shipping industry has been operated under traditional business models without many meaningful changes. Today, technological innovation has already played a big role in changing every conventional industry. We believe theinternet will be a big part of the future logistics chain services and a transformative era in shipping and freight logistic business is coming. As an innovative solution provider, we plan to apply our technical ability, industry expertise andcutting-edge information technology in the conventional shipping business tobetter connect supply and demand and to develop seamless linkages in logistic chains.

After going through one and half years on our business restructuring, Sino changed its business models from providing traditional shipping agency services to providing solutions and services focused on inland transportation logistics between the U.S. and China, such as providing freight logistics services or container trucking services. As a result of our continued restructuring efforts, we turned an operating loss for the year ended June 30, 20162018, we developed our bulk cargo container services segment. Bulk cargo container shipment refers to a profit forusing containers to ship commodities that are traditionally shipped by freight cargo. Freight cargo rates are usually lower than container freight rates; however, the transit time is much longer and has high minimum quantity requirements. We temporarily suspended this service in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017. As shown2019 due to market environment factors in 2019, and we have discontinued this service in light of the table below, our current business operating revenueworldwide impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, we established a wholly owned subsidiary, Ningbo Saimeinuo Supply Chain Management Ltd., which is 100% owned by Sino-Global Shipping New York Inc. (“SG Shipping NY”), a New York corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and primarily focused on inlandengages in transportation management and freight logistics services, including overseas shipping.

Since the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, trade dynamics have made it more expensive for shipping carrier clients to cost-effectively move cargo into U.S. ports, and as compareda result, we realized lower shipping volumes, which has caused us to shift our focus back to the two previous fiscal years.

  Fiscal Year 2017  Fiscal Year 2016  Fiscal Year 2015 
Key Services Revenue  %  Revenue  %  Revenue  % 
Shipping Agency & Ship Management $-  -  $2,507,800  34% $6,185,653  55%
Shipping & Chartering  -   -   462,218   7%  349,125   3%
Inland Transportation Management  5,758,600   50%  4,340,522   59%  4,785,850   42%
Freight Logistic Services  4,815,450   42%  -   -   -   - 
Container Trucking Services  871,563   8%  -   -   -   - 
Total $11,445,613   100% $7,310,540   100% $11,320,628   100%

The business restructuring of Sino is gradually on track. During this process, we will continue to adjust and develop our strategic plans based on the change of business environment. In the future, we will provide more services to our customers, and we will use our internet platform to connect our worldwide businesses to our customers.

shipping agency business.

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Our Customers

In lightOn January 10, 2020, the Company entered into a cooperation agreement with Mr. Shanming Liang, a stockholder of our strategic relationshipthe Company and set up a joint venture with Zhiyuan Investment Group that began withMr. Liang in New York named LSM Trading Ltd., in which the signing ofCompany holds a 5-year global logistics service agreement in June 2013, we expanded our business platform to include additional service offerings. We started to provide inland transportation management services to a third-party customer, Tengda Northwest Ferroalloy Co., Ltd. (“Tengda Northwest”), during the quarter ended September 30, 2014. As we continue to diversify our service platform, we have reduced our dependency on a few customers which we provide freight logistics and container trucking services.

40% equity interest. For the year ended June 30, 2017, three2022, the Company invested $210,000. The joint venture has not commenced any business operations as of the date of this Report.


On July 7, 2020, the Company effected a l-for-5 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The split did not change the number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock, or the par value of common stock or preferred stock. As a result, all the issued and outstanding common stock share amounts included in this filing have been retroactively reduced by a factor of five, and all common stock per share amounts have been increased by a factor of five.

On December 14, 2020, the Company incorporated a new entity named Blumargo IT Solution Ltd. (“Blumargo”) in the U.S. SG Shipping NY held an 80% ownership interest in Blumargo, which was established in partnership with Tianjin Anboweiye Technology Co., to build up hi-tech and information-based logistics services to meet the demand of its customers.  On June 30, 2021, SG Shipping NY acquired the additional 20% from Tianjin Anboweiye Technology Co. and increased its ownership to 100%.

From March to June 2021, the Company engaged in cryptocurrency mining in China. On March 2, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Hebei Yanghuai Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yanghuai”) for the purchase of 2,783 digital currency mining machines for a total purchase price of approximately $4.6 million.  After the purchase, Yanghuai would manage and operate the servers at its site with no further charge from March 10, 2021 to March 9, 2022, after which time the Company may engage Yanghuai to continue providing service for a fee. The first cash payment of approximately $0.9 million was paid within 15 days after the date of signing the Agreement.

Over the last two months of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year, national and local governments in China started to restrict and ban cryptocurrency mining operations, causing owners of mining machines to cease mining operations. Based on the amended agreement signed by the Company and Yanghuai on September 17, 2021, the Company is not liable to perform under the remainder of the contract and has title to half of the products. The Company recorded impairment for the mining equipment in the last quarter of 2021 in the amount of approximately $0.9 million. the two parties have restructured the Purchase Agreement to reduce the purchase price from RMB 30 million to RMB 6 million and to allocate the purchased mining equipment between the Company and the Seller. The Seller transported digital currency mining machines representing half of the agreed 50,440 terahashes per second (th/s) in computing power (or a total of 25,220 th/s in computing power) to Ningbo, China first, and then shipped to the U.S. 

On April 21, 2021, the Company set up a joint venture in Texas, U.S. under the name of “Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc.” to support its freight logistics services in the U.S., pursuant to a cooperation agreement with Mr. Bangpin Yu. SG Shipping NY has a 51% equity interest in the joint venture. 

In July 2021, the Company registered a new company, Gorgeous Trading Ltd. (“Gorgeous Trading”), which is 100% owned by SG Shipping NY. Gorgeous Trading is mainly engaged in smart warehouse and related business in Texas. 

On August 31, 2021, the Company formed a joint venture, Phi Electric Motor, Inc. in New York, which is 51% owned by SG Shipping NY. Phi Electric Motor, Inc. had no operations as of the date of this Report.

On September 29, 2021, the Company formed a 100% owned subsidiary, SG Shipping & Risk Solution Inc., in New York. On December 23, 2021, SG Shipping & Risk Solution Inc. formed SG Link LLC in New York, of which it is a 100% owner. As of the date of this Report, the two companies have had no operations.

On October 3, 2021, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with HighSharp to establish a joint venture for collaborative engineering, technical development and commercialization of a bitcoin mining machine under the name Thor Miner Inc., granting Thor Miner exclusive rights covering design production, intellectual property, branding, marketing and sales. On October 11, 2021, Thor Miner was formed in Delaware, which is 51% owned by the Company and 49% owned by HighSharp.


On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a series of agreements to terminate its variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”). The Company controlled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Pacific Shipping Limited. The Company made the decision to dissolve the VIE structure and Sino-China because Sino-China has no active operations and the Company wanted to remove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures. In addition, the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc.

On April 10, 2022, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Golden Mainland Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Golden Mainland”) to establish a joint venture for building Bitcoin mining sites in Texas, Ohio, and other states. The joint venture has not been set up as of the date of this Report. The Company has no plan to pursue this business.

Our Corporate Structure

The diagram below shows our corporate structure as of the date of this Report.

 

*Unless otherwise indicated in the diagram, all the subsidiaries of the Company are wholly owned.

Our Customers

Our main customers for the two fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 is Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd. and SOSNY. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd. accounted for 26%, 24%45.6% and 19%94.4% of the Company’s revenues, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2016, two customers2022, SOSNY accounted for 31% and 27%27.9% of the Company’s revenues, respectively.gross revenue.

 

Our Suppliers

 

Our operations consist of working directly with our customers to understand in detail their needs and expectations and then managing local suppliers to ensure that our customers’ needs are met. Our major suppliers include Oldendorff Carriers, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Gangcheng Dangerous Goods Logistics Co., Ltd.

For the year ended June 30, 2017,2022, two suppliers accounted for 42%approximately 26.3% and 11%24.1% of theour total cost of revenue,purchases, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2016, three2021, two suppliers accounted for 27%, 15%approximately 55.4% and 10%28.6% of theour total cost of revenues,purchases, respectively.

 

Our Strengths

We believe that the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors:

Proven industry experience and problem-solving reputation. We are a non-asset based global shipping and freight logistics solution provider. Unlike a traditional shipping agent, we provide tailored solutions and value-added services to our customers to drive effectiveness and control in related aspects throughout the entire shipping and freight logistic chain. We believe that our years of successful track record of applying integrated solutions to complex issues in the global shipping logistics business gives us a competitive advantage in attracting large clients and helps us maintain strong long terms business relationship with them.

Strong leadership and a competent professional team. Our CEO is an industry veteran with more than thirty years of extensive industry experiences including ten years’ working for COSCO, one of the largest shipping companies in the world. Most of our employees have marine business experience, and many of our managers/chief operators served in other large Chinese shipping companies prior to joining us. With these professionals and experienced staff, we believe that we provide the best services to our customers at competitive prices.

Extensive network and positive industry recognition.Doing business in China often requires a strong business network and support of key strategic partners. The Company served as one of the executive directors of China Association of Shipping Agencies & Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carriers (CASA), the authoritative industry association in China. We are the only non-state-owned enterprise represented on the CASA board guiding the development of the industry. Our good reputation and industry recognition enables us to maintain strong relationships with our business partners and have an extensive network of contacts throughout the industry, which helps us gain necessary support to execute our business plans.

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Lean organization and a flexible business model.Although we are a small business with limited resources, we have a cohesive and effective organizational structure with the goal of maximizing customer value while minimizing waste. Our unique flexible business model allows us to quickly respond to changing market demand and offer our customers innovative problem-solving solutions, quality customer service, and competitive prices to achieve greater market acceptance and gain additional market share.

Our Competition

 

U.S.-registered and NASDAQ-listed public company. We believe our status as a U.S. corporation gives us more credibility among existing and potential customers, suppliers, and other business partners than a privately owned company would have in our industry. Our ability to raise capital through the capital market or use our common stock as “currency” to facility potential merger and acquisition transactions can also help us carry out or accelerate our growth strategies.

Our Opportunities

For more than thirty years, the shipping and freight logistic industry has been operated under traditional business models without meaningful change. Many of these business practices are inefficient and problematic; therefore, maintaining an innovative mindset is critical to achieving continuous business success and growth. We are a value-added logistics solution provider with successful past performance and individualsThe market segment that have beenwe now operate in, the industry for a long time. Instead of playing the traditional logistics broker role, we focus on providing technology solutions and innovative leading-edge services to bridge the asset-based world with the digital world. We shape our industry practice and profit model by analyzing wider developments both in the global markets and the technology industry so we can address unique problems that are currently pervasive across the shipping andwhich is freight logistics industry.

We believe we can capture the business opportunity and grow our business organically or through acquisitions or strategic alliance by:

Continuing to streamline our business operations and improve our operating efficiency through innovative technology, effective planning, budgeting, execution and cost control;

Restructuring our business to focus on providing innovative technology based solution to our customers to promote our sustainable business growth;

Developing new service lines along the shipping and freight logistic industry value chain, and leveraging our relationships with COSCO, Zhiyuan Investment Group and other potential strategic business partners to expand our global business footprint.

Our Challenges

We face significant challenges when executing our strategy, including:

Given the complexity and length of restructuring our business, we face the challenge of generating sufficient cash from our current business activities to support our daily operations during the transition;

We may not be able to establish a separate department to solve critical issues in today’s shipping logistics industry;

We may not have or not be able to get the necessary funds to continue to expand our service and market our services successfully;

Our ability to respond to increasing competitive pressure on our growth and margins;

Our ability to gain further expertise and to serve new customers in new service areas;

From time to time, we may have difficulty carrying out services effectively and in a profitable way due to the cyclical nature of the shipping industry, which could lead to a prolonged period of sluggish demand for our services;

Our ability to respond promptly to a changing regulatory environment, macroeconomic conditions, industry trends, and competitive landscape; and

Developing a winning business model takes time and a new business model may not be recognized by the market immediately. As a publicly traded company, management may be forced to fulfill near-term performance goals that may not be consistent with the Company’s long-term vision. 

Our Competition

The market segments that we serve doservices including warehouse services, does not have high entry barriers. ThereIn terms of our competition in China, there are many companies ranging from small to large in China that provide shippingfreight logistics services, and freight-related logistics services. At present, the state-owned companies in China still dominate the industry and generate a majoritysignificant portion of the revenues in the industry. Our primary competitors in China are the China branches of international shipping companies or their exclusive agents in China. These companies include Evergreen Marine Corp., Orient Overseas Container Line, Ocean Network Express which includes Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha. The competition is intense due to the significant excess capacity. These companies have greater service capabilities, a larger customer base and more financial, marketing, network and human resources than we do. Most of them concentrate their business on shipping agency services to meet general market demand.engage in a wide range of businesses and involve many aspects of the industry chain. However, we focus on providing tailored solutions and value-added services to select high-profile customers to drive effectiveness and control in related aspects throughout the entire shipping and freight logistic chain.services. As a boutique company that provides specialized services with limited resources and history, we face intense competition in the particular market segments that we serve.competition. Our ability to be successfulgrow in our industry depends on (1) our deep understanding of the complexity of industry issues and challenges and (2) our technical ability to develop bestoptimal solutions to respond to the identified issues and provide effective problem-solving strategies to our targeted customers to achievecustomers.

In terms of our competition in the fastestUnited States, the freight logistics services industry is well developed, highly fragmented, and most cost-effective outcomes.competition is fierce nationwide. Our value-addedprimary competitors in the U.S. are local warehouse services providers and innovative approachesfreight forwarding companies in Houston, for example, Bizto LLC, Golden Eagle Guns LLC, and Smart Supply Chain. Competition in the freight logistics services industry is driven by factors such as price, service quality, technology, and geographic reach. Companies that can offer a combination of these factors are highly recognized by our customers, which helps us to gain additional market share and compete effectively withoften more competitive in the market. Additionally, companies that maycan adapt to changing customer demands and market trends, such as the shift towards e-commerce, are likely to be better capitalized than we are or may providemore successful in the long term. We aim at providing tailored and valued-added services we do not or cannot provide tofor our customers.

international clients with needs for U.S. domestic logistics services.

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Employees

 

As of the date of this report,Report, we have 2439 full-time employees, 1413 of whom are based in China.China and 26 are based in the United States. Of the total fourfull-time employees, nine are in management, twelve17 are in operations, fivenine are in finance and accounting related and threefour are in administration and technical support. We believe that our relationship with our employees is good. We have never had a work stoppage, and our employees are not subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

 

Recent DevelopmentIntellectual Property

 

Sino has signed joint project agreements with Sinotrans Guangxi and COSFRE Beijing during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017. The project will involve a shift from the current bulk cargo transportation model to a containerized model. The Company has started a trial by facilitating the delivery of Sulphur from Long Beach, California, in the U.S., to Fangcheng Port, Guangxi, PRC and ultimately to the warehouseAs of the customer. At the enddate of the fiscal year 2017, there was no revenuethis Report, we do not have any registered patents, copyrights, or cost of revenue recognized from this business model. Management expects the transportation of cargo via a containerized model will become a new business segment in incoming years.trademarks other than two pending trademark applications for “Thor” and “Thor Miner.” We have seven registered domain names, including our corporate website https://www.singularity.us/.

 

On August 24, 2017, Sino signed a marketing promoting service agreement with COSCO Qingdao. According to this agreement, COSCO Qingdao will help Sino to promote shipping and multimodal transportation, including inland trucking container transportation services, switch bill of lading and freight collection services.

Sino plans to establish a subsidiary in Ningbo, China, to connect with local small commodities businesses to establish overseas warehouses for them. Sino will provide a service model similar to Amazon, including unloading commodities from the U.S. ports, providing transportation services, providing warehouse space in the U.S., and providing inland transportation logistics services to the door of the end customers.

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

This item is not applicable toAs a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. However, below is a number of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could have a material effect on the Company and its operations as a result of recent developments. You should carefully consider the risks described below before purchasing our common stock. The risks highlighted here are not the only ones that we may face. For example, additional risks presently unknown to us or that we currently consider immaterial or unlikely to occur could also impair our operations. If any of the risks or uncertainties described below or any such additional risks and uncertainties actually occur, our business, prospects, financial condition, or results of operations could be negatively affected, and you might lose all or part of your investment.

We are, and may continue to be, subject to litigation including individual and class action lawsuits, as well as investigations and enforcement actions by regulators and governmental authorities. These matters are often expensive and time consuming, and, if resolved adversely, could harm our business, financial condition, and operating results.

As discussed in “Item 1. Business – Recent Developments,” we are, and from time to time may become, subject to litigation and various legal proceedings, including litigation and proceedings related to stockholder derivative suits, class action lawsuits and other matters, that involve claims for substantial amounts of money or for other relief or that might necessitate changes to our business or operations. In addition to this, we have been, currently are, and may from time to time become subject to, government and regulatory investigations, inquiries, actions or requests, other proceedings and enforcement actions alleging violations of laws, rules, and regulations, both foreign and domestic. The defense of these actions may be both time consuming and expensive. We evaluate these litigation claims and legal proceedings to assess the likelihood of unfavorable outcomes and to estimate, if possible, the monetary amount of potential losses. Based on these assessments and estimates, we may establish reserves and/or disclose the relevant litigation claims or legal proceedings, as and when required or appropriate. These assessments and estimates are based on information available to management at the time of such assessment or estimation and involve a significant amount of judgment. As a result, actual outcomes or losses could differ materially from those envisioned by our current assessments and estimates. Our failure to successfully defend or settle any of these litigations or legal proceedings could result in liability that, to the extent not covered by our insurance, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


The scope, determination, and impact of claims, lawsuits, government and regulatory investigations, enforcement actions, disputes, and proceedings to which we are subject cannot be predicted with certainty, and may result in:

substantial payments to satisfy judgments, fines, or penalties;
substantial outside counsel, advisor, and consultant fees and costs;
substantial administrative costs, including arbitration fees;
loss of productivity and high demands on employee time;
criminal sanctions or consent decrees;
termination of certain employees, including members of our executive team;
barring of certain employees from participating in our business in whole or in part;
orders that restrict our business or prevent us from offering certain products or services;
changes to our business model and practices
delays to planned transactions, service launches or improvements; and
damage to our brand and reputation.

We are, and may continue to be, subject to securities litigation, which is expensive and could divert management attention, cause harm to our reputation and result in significant damages for which we could be responsible.

We are subject to securities class action litigation, which is expensive, could divert our management’s attention, harm our reputation, and leave us liable for substantial damages. For example, as discussed in “Item 1. Business – Recent Developments,” on December 9, 2022, Piero Crivellaro, purportedly on behalf of the persons or entities who purchased or acquired publicly traded securities of the Company between February 2021 and November 2022, filed a putative class action against the Company, certain of our officers and directors, and other defendants in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleging violations of federal securities laws related to alleged false or misleading disclosures made by the Company in its public filings. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages, plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. As this action is still in the early stage, the Company cannot predict the outcome, and certain of our officers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Litigation of this type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could adversely impact our business. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.

We are responsible for the indemnification of our officers and directors.

Should our officers and/or directors require us to contribute to their defense, we may be required to spend significant amounts of our capital. Our Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws also provide for the indemnification of our directors, officers, employees, and agents, under certain circumstances, against attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from their association with or activities on behalf of our company. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditures, which we may be unable to recoup. If these expenditures are significant or involve issues which result in significant liability for our key personnel, we may be unable to continue operating as a going concern.


We depend on a limited number of major customers who are able to exert a high degree of influence over us and the loss of a major customer could adversely impact our business.

For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, one customer, Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd., accounted for 60.8% and 89.7% of our revenues, respectively. There can be no assurance that our major customer will continue to purchase our services in the same amount that it has in the past. The loss of our major customer or a material reduction in sales to a major customer could have a material adverse effect on our sales and results of operations. Additionally, given the high concentration of our customer base, a default by or a significant reduction in future transactions with our major customer could materially reduce our revenues, profitability, liquidity and growth prospects.

We depend on a limited number of suppliers who are able to exert a high degree of influence over us and the loss of our major suppliers could adversely impact our business.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, two suppliers accounted for approximately 26.3% and 24.1% of our total purchases, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2021, two suppliers accounted for approximately 55.4% and 28.6% of our total purchases, respectively. There can be no assurance that our major suppliers will continue to supply us with the materials or services required to operate our business in the same amount that they have in the past. The loss of our major suppliers or a material reduction in the materials or services they provide to us could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Additionally, due to the unpredictable nature of COVID-19 regulations in China, our suppliers based in China may be affected by COVID-19 related issues such as us. shutdowns and delays. This may cause us to become unable to fulfill our customer orders on a timely basis, which may cause us to cancel orders and provide refunds, as demonstrated in our settlement with SOSNY.

 

The restatement of our prior financial statements may affect investor confidence and raise reputational issues and may subject us to additional risks and uncertainties, including increased professional costs and the increased possibility of legal proceedings and regulatory inquiries.

As discussed in our Current Form on Form 8-K filed on February 28, 2023, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on March 6, 2023, we determined to restate our financial statements as of and for the year ended June 30, 2021, three and six months ended September 30, 2021 and three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 after we identified errors related to, incorrect accounting treatment of related party loan receivable, incorrect recognition of revenue from freight shipping services and incorrect accounting treatment of recovery (provision) for doubtful accounts. As a result of these errors and the resulting restatements of our financial statements for the impacted periods, we have incurred, and may continue to incur, unanticipated costs for accounting and legal fees in connection with or related to the restatements, and have become subject to a number of additional risks and uncertainties, including the increased possibility of litigation and regulatory inquiries. Any of the foregoing may affect investor confidence in the accuracy of our financial disclosures and may raise reputational risks for our business, both of which could harm our business and financial results.

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and have determined to restate our previously issued financial statements. If our remediation of these material weaknesses is not effective, or if we fail to develop and maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable laws and regulations could be impaired. In addition, the presence of material weaknesses increases the risk of a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements.

As a public company, we are required, pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, to furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for reliable financial reports and, together with adequate disclosure controls and procedures, such internal controls are designed to prevent fraud. Any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could cause our Company to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Ineffective internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common stock.

Our management’s assessment must include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by management in our internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s assessment could detect problems with internal controls. Undetected material weaknesses in internal controls could lead to financial statement restatements and require our Company to incur the expense of remediation.

A material weakness is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies in a company’s internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of its consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. This deficiency could result in additional misstatements to its consolidated financial statements that would be material and would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

As discussed in “Item 9.A Controls and Procedures – Disclosure Controls and Procedures,” under the supervision and with the participation of our management, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2022. Based on the foregoing evaluation, our Chief Operating Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to ineffective internal controls over financial reporting that stemmed from the following material weaknesses for the year ended and as of June 30, 2022:

Lack of segregation of duties for accounting personnel who prepared and reviewed the journal entries in some of the subsidiaries within the consolidation, lack of supervision, coordination and communication of financial information between different entities within the Group;

Lack of a full time U.S. GAAP personnel in the accounting department to monitor the recording of the transactions which led to error in revenue recognition in previously issued financial statements;

Lack of resources with technical competency to address, review and record non-routine or complex transactions under U.S. GAAP;


Lack of management control reviews of the budget against actual with analysis of the variance with a precision that can be explained through the analysis of the accounts;

Lack of proper procedures in identifying and recording related party transactions which led to restatement of previously issued financial statements (See Note 1 of the accompanying consolidated financial statement footnotes);

Lack of proper procedures to maintain supporting documents for accounting record; and

Lack of proper oversight for the Company’s cash disbursement process that led to misuse of the Company funds by its former executive.

In order to remediate the material weaknesses stated above, we intend to implement the following policies and procedures:

Hiring additional accounting staff to report the internal financial timely;
Hiring of CEO and CFO to properly set up the Company’s internal control and oversight process;

Reporting other material and non-routine transactions to the Board and obtain proper approval;

Recruiting additional qualified professionals with appropriate levels of U.S. GAAP knowledge and experience to assist in resolving accounting issues in non-routine or complex transactions;

Developing and conducting U.S. GAAP knowledge, SEC reporting and internal control training to senior executives, management personnel, accounting departments and the IT staff, so that management and key personnel understand the requirements and elements of internal control over financial reporting mandated by the U.S. securities laws;

Setting up budgets and developing expectations based on understanding of the business operations, compare the actual results with the expectations periodically and document the reasons for the fluctuations with further analysis. This should be done by CFO and reviewed by CEO upon their communications with the Board;
Strengthening our corporate governance;

Setting up policies and procedures for the Company’s related party identification to properly identify, record and disclose related party transactions; and

Setting up proper procedures for the Company’s fund disbursement process to ensure that cash is disbursed only upon proper authorization, for valid business purposes, and that all disbursements are properly recorded.

We cannot provide assurance that these or other measures will fully remediate our material weaknesses in a timely manner. If our remediation of these material weaknesses is not effective, it may cause our Company to become subject to investigation or sanctions by the SEC. It may also adversely affect investor confidence in our Company and, as a result, the value of our common stock. There can be no assurance that all existing material weaknesses have been identified, or that additional material weaknesses will not be identified in the future. In addition, if we are unable to continue to meet our financial reporting obligations, we may not be able to remain listed on Nasdaq.

Our ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq continued listing requirements, including whether we are able to maintain the closing bid price of our common stock, could result in the delisting of our common stock.

Our common stock is currently listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”). To maintain this listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other requirements.

On May 24, 2022, the Company received a delinquency notice from Nasdaq indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) due to its delay in filing its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. The Company was provided 60 days to submit a plan to regain compliance. On July 25, 2022 and September 14, 2022, the Company submitted its Compliance Plan. Based on the review of the Compliance Plan as well as telephone conversations with outside counsel to the Company and counsel to the Company’s Special Committee, the Staff has determined that the Company did not provide a definitive plan evidencing its ability to file the Reports within the 180 calendar day period available to the Staff under the Nasdaq Listing Rules.

On November 16, 2022, the Company received an additional staff determination notice from Nasdaq, advising that it had not received the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022, which served as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities and that the Panel will consider the additional deficiency in rendering a determination regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq. The Company has submitted to the Panel a plan to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements, including the filing of the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022.

On January 5, 2023, the Company received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq informing the Company that its common stock, no par value, fails to comply with the $1 minimum bid price required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) based upon the closing bid price of the common stock for the 30 consecutive business days prior to the date of the notice from Nasdaq. The Company has been provided an initial compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until July 5, 2023, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement.


On February 21, 2023, the Company received an additional staff determination notice from Nasdaq, advising that it had not received the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022, which served as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities. The notice stated that the Panel will consider the additional deficiency in rendering a determination regarding the Company’s continued listing on Nasdaq. The Company has submitted to the Panel a plan to regain compliance with the continued listing requirements and has been granted a grace period to file all the delinquent reports, including the filing of the Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022, on or before February 28, 2023.Given we did not file all the Reports within the grace period granted by the Panel, we may be delisted from Nasdaq. There can be also no assurance that our stock price will meet the minimum bid price requirement or we will meet other requirements for continued listing on Nasdaq. If our common stock is delisted from Nasdaq and we are unable to list our common stock on another national securities exchange, we expect our common stock would be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we and our stockholders could face significant material adverse consequences, including the limited availability of market quotations for our common stock; substantially decreased trading in our common stock; decreased market liquidity of our common stock as a result of the loss of market efficiencies associated with Nasdaq and the loss of federal preemption of state securities laws; an adverse effect on our ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future on acceptable terms, if at all; potential loss of confidence by investors, suppliers, partners, and employees and fewer business development opportunities; and limited news and analyst coverage. Additionally, the market price of our common stock may decline further, and stockholders may lose some or all of their investment.

For additional risks relating to our operations, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in our Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2021 and other filings we file with the SEC from time to time.

Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

The Company does not have any unresolved or outstanding Staff Comments.staff comments. 

 

Item 2.Properties.

Item 2. Properties.

 

We currently rent fivesix facilities in the PRC Hong Kong and the United States. Our PRC headquarterheadquarters is in Beijing,Shanghai and our U.S. headquarterheadquarters is in New York.

 

Office Address Rental Term Space
Beijing, PRCNew York, USA 

Room 502, Tower C98 Cutter Mill Rd

YeQing PlazaSuite 322

No. 9, Wangjing North Road

Chaoyang District

Beijing, PRC 100102Great Neck, New York 11021

 Expires 12/14/201707/31/2026 160 m3,033 ft2
       
Texas, USA

6161 Savoy Dr

Suite 409

Houston, Texas 77036

Expires 07/31/20232,456 ft2
Texas, USA

6161 Savoy Dr,

Suite 1040

Houston, Texas 77036

Expires 06/30/2024954 ft2
Texas, USA

12733 Stafford Road,

Suite 400

Stafford, Texas 77477

Expires 07/31/202446,463 ft2
Shanghai, PRC 

Rm 12D & 12E, No.359

Dongdaming Road,

Hongkou District,

Shanghai, PRC 200080

 Expires 07/12/31/20182023 285.99 m3,078 ft2
       
New York, USANingbo, PRC 

1044 Northern Boulevard,B 525 Hebang Building,
North Tiantong Road

Suite 305 Roslyn,Ningbo, Zhejiang, PRC 315000

New York 11576-1514

 Expires 08/31/201907/06/2025 179 m840 ft2
Hong Kong

20/F, Hoi Kiu Commercial Building,

158 Connaught Road Central, HK

Expires 05/17/201977 m2
Los Angeles, USA

21680 Gateway Center Drive,

Suite 330 Diamond Bar,

California 91765

Expires 04/30/2020121.24 m2

 

Item 3.Legal Proceedings.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

 

From time to time, we may becomeSee “Item 1. Business – Recent Developments” for a description of legal proceedings the Company is currently involved in, various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time and may harm our business. However, we are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

This item is not applicable to the Company.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Market for Our Common Stock

Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ StockNasdaq Capital Market under the symbol SINO. The high and low common stock sales prices per share during the periods indicated were as follows:SGLY. 

 

Quarter Ended Sep. 30  Dec. 31  Mar. 31  June 30  Year 
                
Fiscal year 2017               
Common stock price per share:               
High $2.24  $6.73  $4.70  $3.45  $6.73 
Low $0.64  $0.97  $2.34  $2.57  $0.64 
                     
Fiscal year 2016                    
Common stock price per share:                    
High $1.60  $1.29  $0.88  $1.33  $1.60 
Low $0.81  $0.69  $0.40  $0.58  $0.40 

Approximate Number of Holders of Our Common Stock

As of September 12, 2017,March 3, 2023, there are 7were 20 holders of record of our common stock. This number does not include shareholdersstockholders who hold their shares of common stock in street name.

 

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We anticipate that we will retain any earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination relating to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on a number of factors, including future earnings, capital requirements, financial conditions and future prospects and other factors the Board of Directors may deem relevant. Payments of dividends by Trans Pacificour PRC subsidiaries to our company are subject to restrictions including primarily the restriction that foreign invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

In March 2017, the Company entered into a consulting and advisory services agreement with Jianwei Li, who will provide management consulting services that include marketing program, designing and implementation, and cooperative partner selection and management. The service period is from March 2017 to February 2020. The Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock as the remuneration of the service in reliance on the exemption under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, which were issued as restricted shares on March 22, 2017.

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Other InformationNone.

 

On July 26, 2016, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregateItem 6. [Reserved]

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of 150,000 sharesFinancial Condition and Results of common stock to two employees with a two-year vesting period, one half of which shall vest on October 26, 2016, and the other half shall vest on July 26, 2017. The exercise price of such options was $1.10 per share. Please refer to Item 12 for the table on Equity Compensation Plan Information, which is incorporated by reference herein.Operations.

 

On December 14, 2016, the Company granted a total of 800,000 options to purchase an aggregate of 800,000 shares of Common Stock to seven employees, with a vesting period from one to three years. With the seven employees’ consent, the Company cancelled the 800,000 options, effective February 16, 2017 and nil was recorded as part of general and administrative expenses related to these options for the year ended June 30, 2017.

Item 6.Selected Financial Data

The Company is not required to provide the information required by this item because the Company is a smaller reporting company. 

Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.

The following discussion and analysis of our company’sthe Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in the Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

Overview

 

FiscalOverview

We previously focused on providing customized freight logistics services, but starting in 2017, we began exploring new opportunities to expand our business and generate more revenue. These opportunities ranged from complementary businesses to other new service and product initiatives. In the fiscal years 2021 and 2022, while we continued to provide our freight logistics business, we expanded our services to include warehousing services provided by our US subsidiary Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc. On January 3, 2022, we changed our corporate name to Singularity Future Technology Ltd. to align with our entry into the digital assets business through our U.S. subsidiaries. During 2022, we engaged in purchases and sales of cryptocurrency mining machines through our U.S. subsidiaries.

For the fiscal year 2017 Highlightsended June 30, 2022, we operated in two operating segments, including (1) freight logistics services, through our subsidiaries in the U.S and PRC; and (2) purchase and sales of crypto mining machines, through our subsidiary Thor Miner. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company also engaged in shipping agency and management services, which were carried out by its subsidiary in the U.S. The Company no longer operates in the shipping agency segment because it did not receive any new orders for its services due to the uncertainty of the shipping management market which was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

SalesRecent Developments

The following events had a material impact on our financial statements. For other recent developments, see “Item 1. Business – Recent Developments.”


On January 10, 2022, Thor Miner entered into a purchase agreement with HighSharp. Pursuant to the agreement, Thor Miner agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment from HighSharp. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made a total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order. Thor Miner also entered into a PSA with SOSNY for the purchase of $200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs and received deposit form SOSNY in the amount of $48,930,000.

Due to production issue from HighSharp, Thor Miner was not able to timely deliver the products to SOSNY according to the delivery terms of the PSA and was sued by SOSNY for breach of contract on December 9, 2022. On December 23, 2022, the Company entered into the Settlement Agreement with SOSNY pursuant to which the Company paid $13.0 million to SOSNY in exchange for SOSNY dismissing the lawsuit and will transfer any additional funds it receives from HighSharp to SOSNY in an amount not to exceed $40,560,569.

As of December 22, 2022, the balance of advance to HighSharp and deposit from SOSNY amounted to $27,927,583 and $40,560,569, respectively. Thor Miner paid $13.0 million on December 28, 2022 to SOSNY and wrote off the balance of the deposit it received from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp.   

Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements

From March to June 2019, the Company’s subsidiary Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”) received approximately $6.2 million (RMB 40 million) from a related party, Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Baoyin”), to pay for accounts receivable of six different customers totaling RMB 40 million. Shanghai Baoyin is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, the CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai. Trans Pacific Shanghai subsequently paid RMB 20 million and RMB 10 million to Zhangjiakou Baoyu Trading Co. Ltd. (“Baoyu”), a third party, in April 2019 and July 2019, respectively, and it made an additional payment of RMB 10 million to Hebei Baoxie Trading Co., Ltd. (“Hebei Baoxie”), a third party, in July 2019.

As such, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, accounts receivable was understated by RMB 40 million, advance to supplier was overstated by RMB 20 million, and other payables from Shanghai Baoyin, a related party, were understated by RMB 20 million. There was an overstatement of RMB 20 million in total assets and an understatement of total liabilities of RMB 20 million.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Hebei Baoxie repaid a total of RMB 10 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai, and Trans Pacific Shanghai advanced the RMB 10 million to Shanghai Baoyin. The RMB 10 million paid to Shanghai Baoyin was recorded as other receivable, and the RMB 30 million advance to Baoyu was reclassified from an advance to supplier to other receivable. The Company provided a full allowance of its receivables totaling RMB 40 million. The Company evaluated this transaction and determined there is no impact on its assets, liabilities, or retained earnings as of June 30, 2020.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Baoyu repaid a total of RMB 30 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt. Trans Pacific Shanghai then loaned the same amount to Shanghai Baoyin. Shanghai Baoyin subsequently repaid RMB 4 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai, and Trans Pacific Shanghai loaned the same amount to Wang Qinggang. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt for other receivable and the RMB 30 million paid was recorded as a related party loan receivable.

The Company analyzed the transactions and determined the RMB 30 million was originally from Shanghai Baoyin and eventually paid back to the same related parties. Recovery of bad debt and related party loan receivable was overstated by RMB 30 million for the fiscal year 2021.

The Company restated its fiscal year 2021 financial statements to restate related party loans receivable and bad debt recovery.

Effects of the restatement are as follows:

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidate balance sheet as of June 30, 2021         
         
Loan receivable - related parties $4,644,969  $(4,644,969) $- 
Total assets $52,803,116  $(4,644,969) $48,158,147 


  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidated Statement of Stockholder’s Equity as of June 30, 2021         
          
Accumulated deficit $(30,244,937) $(4,076,825) $(34,321,762)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (625,449)  (103,647)  (729,096)
Non-controlling Interest  (6,951,134)  (464,497)  (7,415,631)
Total equity $47,069,142  $(4,644,969) $42,424,173 

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidated statement of oeprations for the year ended June 30, 2021         
          
Recovery (provision) for doubtful accounts, net $321,168  $(4,529,806) $(4,208,638)
Net loss $(6,773,047) $(4,529,806) $(11,302,853)
Other comprehensive loss - foreign currency  (488)  (115,163) $(115,651)
Comprehensive loss $(6,773,535) $(4,644,969) $(11,418,504)

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidated statement of cash flow for the year ended June 30, 2021         
Cash flows from operating activities:         
Net loss $(6,773,047) $(4,529,806) $(11,302,853)
(Recovery)/ Provision for doubtful accounts  (321,168)  4,529,806   4,208,638 
Other receivable  4,227,239   (4,529,806)  (302,567)
             
Cash flows from investing activities:            
Loan receivable - related parties $(4,529,806) $4,529,806  $- 

Impact of COVID-19

The outbreak of the COVID-19 starting from late January 2020 in the PRC has spread rapidly to many parts of the world. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 as a pandemic. Given the continually expanding of COVID-19 pandemic in China and United States, our business, results of operations, and financial condition are still adversely affected.

In early December 2022, Chinese government eased the strict control measure for COVID-19, which has led to surge in increased infections and disruption in our business operations. Any future impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s China operation results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the duration and resurgence of COVID-19 variants and the actions taken by government authorities to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control.

The impacts of COVID-19 on our business, financial condition, and results of operations include, but are not limited to, the following:

Our customers have been negatively impacted by the pandemic, which reduced their demand for freight logistics services. As a result, our revenue for the year ended June 30, 2022 was down by approximately $1.2 million, or 22.6%.

Due to travel restrictions between US and China, our new business development for existing segments or new ventures has been slowed down.
Our sales of crypto mining machines were materially adversely affected by COVID-19. Specifically, Crypto mining machine manufacturers have been impacted by the constrained supply of the semiconductors used in the production of the highly specialized crypto mining machines; COVID-related issues have exacerbated port congestion and intermittent supplier shutdowns and delays, resulting in delayed shipments and additional expenses to expedite delivery; as a result, we were unable to fulfil our customer orders on a timely basis, resulting cancellation of orders and partial refund of purchase price, as evident from the settlement in SOSNY.


We have been, and may continue to be, negatively impacted by the ongoing COVID-19, which may continually impact our cost of freight, or result in higher cost of revenue, which may in turn materially adversely affect our financial condition and operating results in coming months. 

Any future impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s operation results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the duration and resurgence of COVID-19 variants and the actions taken by government authorities to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated:

  For the Years Ended June 30, 
  2022  2021(restated)  Change 
  US $  %  US $  %  US $  % 
                   
Revenues  3,988,415   100.0%  5,151,032   100.0%  (1,162,617  (22.6)%
Cost of revenues  4,136,474   103.7%  4,974,394   96.6%  (837,920)  (16.8)%
Gross margin  (3.7)%  N/A   3.4%  N/A   (7.1)%  N/A 
Selling expenses  385,890   9.7%  297,906   5.8%  87,984   29.5%
General and administrative expenses  9,301,784   233.2%  5,605,670   108.8%  3,696,114   65.9%
Impairment loss of Cryptocurrencies  170,880   4.3%  -   0.0%  170,880   100.0%
Impairment loss of fixed assets and right of use asset  1,006,305   25.2%  855,230   16.6%  151,075   17.7%
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery  1,613,504   40.5%  4,208,638   81.7%  (2,595,134)  (61.7)%
Stock-based compensation  10,064,622   252.3%  -   0.0%  10,064,622   100.0%
Total costs and expenses  26,679,459   668.9%  15,941,838   309.5%  10,737,621   67.4%

Revenues

Revenues decreased by $1,162,617, or approximately 22.6%, to $3,988,415 for the year ended June 30, 2017 increased by $4,135,073, or 56.6%,2022 from $7,310,540$5,151,032 for the year ended June 30, 2016, to $11,445,613 for the comparable period in 2017.2021. The increase was mainly due to:

The Company’s subsidiary, Trans Pacific Shanghai, began providing container trucking services in the second quarter of fiscal year 2017. In addition to the launch of our full-service logistics platform, Trans Pacific Shanghai signed a service agreement with Shanghai International Port (Group) Co. Ltd., resulting in a significant increase in the subsidiary’s revenues. Trans Pacific Shanghai’s revenues generated by its container trucking services and revenues from freight logistic services were $573,341 and $2,964,226 for the year ended June 30, 2017, respectively.

Pursuant to the Strategic Cooperation Agreement signed with COSCO Logistics (Americas) Inc. (“COSCO Logistics”), in July 2016, starting in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company’s subsidiary in Los Angeles, California began providing freight logistic services and container trucking services to COSCO Logistics.

Pursuant to an agreement signed in December 2016, the Company and Jetta Global Logistics Inc. (“Jetta Global”) established ACH Trucking Center Corp. (“ACH Center”), a joint venture based in New York that provides trucking services. During the year ended June 30, 2017, ACH Center began to provide freight logistics services and container trucking services to COSCO Beijing International Freight Co., Ltd. (“COSFRE Beijing”) in the New York and New Jersey areas.

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As an extension of the two agreements the Company signed with Sinotrans Guangxi and COSFRE Beijing, Sino has signed joint project agreements with Sinotrans Guangxi and COSFRE Beijing during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017. The project will involve a shift from the current bulk cargo transportation model to a containerized model. The Company has started a trial by facilitating the delivery of Sulphur from Long Beach, California, in the U.S., to Fangcheng Port, Guangxi, PRC and ultimately to the warehouse of the customer. By the end of the fiscal year 2017, there was no revenue or cost of revenue recognized from this business model. Management expects the transportation of cargo via a containerized model to become a new business segment in incoming year.

On February 16, 2017, the Company raised capital by issuing 1.5 million shares of common stock to three institutional investors at a purchase price of $3.18 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds of the sale to the Company totaled $4.77 million, and net proceeds after deducting offering expenses and placement agent fees equaled approximately $4.3 million. The Company will use the funds for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Other 2017 Highlights:

In July 2016, the Company signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with COSCO Logistics, which is owned by the PRC’s largest integrated shipping company, China COSCO Holdings Company Ltd. Pursuant to the agreement, both parties will provide logistics services between the PRC and the U.S. and develop shipping customers as an end-to-end global logistics service. Starting in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company and COSCO Logistics began providing container trucking services on the west coast of the U.S. The Company expects to increase its cooperation with COSCO Logistics and to provide inland transportation services in the U.S. for shipments to and from the PRC. According to the agreement, the two companies will also assess locations in the U.S. to potentially establish warehouse and/or distribution facilities in the coming months and share pricing information for short-haul trucking services across selected regions of the U.S.

In December 2016, the Company completed the development of its full-service logistics platform, and a website portal to seamlessly connect shipping customers with short-haul trucking transportation services throughout the U.S. is now accessible through the Company’s website. In connection with the new platform, the Company signed strategic cooperation agreements with one major Chinese shipping company, China Ocean Shipping Company (“COSCO”) (consisting of both COSFRE Beijing and COSCO Qingdao) in December 2016 and January 2017. We believe that the Company’s cooperation with COSCO will increase door-to-door short-haul trucking volumes and boost revenues from inland transportation services in the U.S.

On April 20, 2017, the Company signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Ningbo Xinyang Shipping Co., Ltd (“COSCO Xinyang”). This agreement with COSCO Xinyang is a continuation of the Company’s ongoing partnership with COSCO. Pursuant to the agreement with COSCO Xinyang, which is similar with the Company’s previously announced inland transportation agreements with COSCO; Sino-Global will receive a percentage of the total amount of each transportation fee for arranging inland transportation services for COSCO Xinyang’s container shipments into U.S. ports. The Company continues to work to expand its business to provide logistics services to customers who ship goods into the U.S.

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Fiscal year 2018 Trends

In the fiscal year of 2018, we will continue marketing ourselves to state-owned shipping companies in the PRC, promoting our inland transportation services in the PRC as well as freight logistics and container trucking services in both the PRC and the U.S., and using containers for our bulk shipping projects. In the interim, we will continue to establish our services network in the U.S. in order to increase our revenues and leverage our fundamentals using our new profit model, i.e., developing inland transportation services (including freight logistics and container tracking service). Since Sino began its business restructuring in 2017, the business channels between the U.S. and China have been established, and we are currently at the stage of filling in substantial business. This stage mainly involves the following three aspects:

1.) For goods exported from China to the U.S., Sino will provide inland transportation services in the U.S.

2.) For small commodity exports from China to the U.S., Sino will provide services similar to that of Amazon.com by helping small commodity traders in China establish warehouses in the U.S. and providing inland transportation services and other value-added services to them, including: the receipt of commodities at U.S. ports, transportation of commodities, providing warehouse space in the U.S., and logistical services to the door of the final customers.

3.) For those products or commodities exported from the U.S. to China, such as grain and grain by-products and petroleum by-products, Sino will provide container transportation services.

Sino plans to set up business channels between the U.S. and Australia, Singapore and Thailand during fiscal year 2018. The Company expects to provide shipping and multimodal transportation, including inland container trucking transportation services, switch bill, and freight collection services to importers and exporters between the U.S. and Australia, Singapore and Thailand.

Results of Operations

Revenues

Total revenues increased by $4,135,073, or 56.6%, from $7,310,540 for the year ended June 30, 2016 to $11,445,613 for the comparable period in 2017. This increasedecrease was primarily due to the Company’s efforts to diversify its businessdecrease in the inland transportation management, freight logistic, and container trucking services, resulting in an increase in revenues since the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2017. The increase was partially offset by the decreased revenue from shipping agency and ship management services sector due to the decrease in the number of ships served, and the decreased revenue from our shipping and chartering services sector as a result of the termination of a planned vessel acquisition.freight logistics services.

 

The following tables present summary information by segmentsegments for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 2016:2021:

 

  For the year ended June 30, 2017 
  Shipping Agency
and Ship
Management
Services
  Shipping and
Chartering
Services
  Inland 
Transportation
Management 
Services
  Freight
Logistic
Services
  Container
Trucking
Services
  Total 
Revenues                        
- Related party $     -  $      -  $2,746,423  $-  $-  $2,746,423 
- Third parties $-  $-  $3,012,177  $4,815,450  $871,563  $8,699,190 
Cost of revenues $-  $-  $620,259  $3,710,364  $649,968  $4,980,591 
Gross profit $-  $-  $5,138,341  $1,105,086  $221,595  $6,465,022 
GM%  -%  -%  89.2%  22.9%  25.4%  56.5%
  For the Year Ended June 30, 2022 
  Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistics
Services
  Sales of
Crypto
Mining
Machines
  Total 
Net revenues* $            -  $3,830,615  $157,800  $3,988,415 
Cost of revenues $-  $4,136,474  $-  $4,136,474 
Gross profit $-  $(305,859) $157,800  $(148,059)
Depreciation and amortization $-  $512,586  $21,052  $533,638 
Total capital expenditures $-  $840,319  $34,199  $874,518 
Gross margin  -%  (8.0)%  100.0%  (3.7)%

 

  For the year ended June 30, 2016 
  Shipping Agency
and Ship
Management
Services
  Shipping and
Chartering
Services
  Inland
Transportation
Management Services
  Total 
Revenues                
- Related party $-  $-  $2,269,346  $2,269,346 
- Third parties $2,507,800  $462,218  $2,071,176  $5,041,194 
Cost of revenues $2,175,109  $212,510  $1,350,370  $3,737,989 
Gross profit $332,691  $249,708  $2,990,152  $3,572,551 
GM %  13.3%  54.0%  68.9%  48.9%
*

Including related party revenue of $222,963 from Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd for the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

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Revenues

  For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
  Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistics
Services
  Sales of
Crypto
Mining
Machines
  Total 
Net revenues $206,845  $4,944,187  $        -  $5,151,032 
Cost of revenues $176,968  $4,797,427  $-  $4,974,394 
Gross profit $29,878  $146,760  $-  $176,638 
Depreciation and amortization $299,934  $36,300  $-  $336,234 
Total capital expenditures $

136,076

  $407,954  $-  $554,030 
Gross margin  14.4%  3.0   -%  3.4%

 

  %  Changes For the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 
  Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistics
Services
  Sales of
Crypto
Mining
Machines
  Total 
Net revenues  (100.0)%  (22.5)%  -   (22.6)%
Cost of revenues  (100.0)%  (13.8)%  -   (16.8)%
Gross profit  (100.0)%  (308.4)%  -   (183.8)%
Depreciation and amortization  (100.0)%  1312.1%  -   58.7%
Total capital expenditures  (100.0)%  106.0%  100.0%  57.8%
Gross margin  (14.4)%  (11.0)%  100.0%  (7.1)%

Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic locations are as follows:

  For the Years Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
PRC  2,982,691   4,921,022 
U.S.  1,005,724   230,010 
Total revenues $3,988,415  $5,151,032 

Revenues

(1) Revenues from Shipping Agency and Ship Management Services

 

For the years ended June 30, 20172022 and June 30, 2016,2021, we did not generate any revenue from shipping agency and management services as we did not receive any new orders for our revenues generated fromservices due to the uncertainty of the shipping agency segmentmanagement market which was negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Freight Logistics Services

Freight logistics services primarily consist of cargo forwarding, brokerage, warehouse and other freight services. Revenues from freight logistics services were nil and $2,507,800, respectively. As the Company has stated in its previous annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, management decided to suspend the shipping agency services because the shipping industry is experiencing a downturn. The decline in revenues in this service sector was due to this suspension. As a result, there was a decrease in the total number of ships the Company served from 19 ships$3,830,615 for the year ended June 30, 20162022, a decrease of $1,113,572, or approximately 22.5%, as compared to nil$4,944,187 for the year ended June 30, 2017. Our decision2021.

This decrease in revenue was mainly due to suspenda decrease of approximately $1.9 million from the transportation services of our shipping agencyPRC operations where demand was impacted by various business disruptions due to the resurgence of COVID-19 variants which caused a decrease in spending by our major customers. The decrease was offset by approximately $0.8 million of warehouse and logistics services that we started to provide in the fiscal year 2022 through our subsidiaries, Gorgeous Trading Ltd. and Brilliant Warehouse Service, Inc.


Sales of Crypto Mining Machines

On January 10, 2022, Thor Miner entered into the PSA with SOSNY, a wholly owned subsidiary of SOS Ltd. Pursuant to the PSA, Thor Miner agreed to sell to SOSNY certain cryptocurrency mining hardware and other equipment. The total purchase price was $200,000,000 and the purchase was expected to be completed under separate purchase orders. Thor Miner made two shipments in June 2022 and we recognized net revenue of $157,800.  We recognized the sales of cryptocurrency mining equipment based on reduced market demanda net basis as the manufacturer of the products is responsible for imported iron oreshipping and custom clearing for the products. Gross revenue and the gross cost of revenue amounted to $1,483,320 and $1,325,520, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2022.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues for our freight logistics services segment mainly consisted of freight costs to various freight carriers, cost of labor, warehouse rent and other overhead and sundry costs. Cost of revenues for our freight logistics services segment was $4,136,474 for the year ended June 30, 2022, a decrease of $660,953, or approximately 13.8%, as compared to $4,797,427 for the year ended June 30, 2021 as a result of an across-the-board general economic slow-down, decreased manufacturing activities, rising laborthe decrease in freight costs of our PRC operations caused by the decrease in shipping volume due to the PRC and intense competition in the shipping industry with established and new competitors offering rates that in many cases are lower than the rates we can offer. Rising labor costs and increased overhead costs also reduced our profitability in this segment. However, we plan to resume providing shipping agency services once the shipping industry outlook turns positive.pandemic. 

 

We did not generate any revenue from providing ship management servicesOur gross margin was (3.7%) and 3.4% for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021, respectively. This decrease in gross margin in freight logistics segment was mainly due to rising costs for our PRC operations as management decidedwe are not able to suspendnegotiate better price with our freight carrier due to decrease in volume. In addition, we started our warehouse services this year and we have higher fixed costs including warehouse rent and salaries when we are developing the ship management business segment at the beginningbusiness.

Our cost of fiscal year 2016.

(2) Revenues from Shipping and Chartering Services

In connection with the termination of the acquisition of Rong Yao International Shipping Limited (“Rong Yao”) on December 7, 2015, the Company realigned its development strategy and temporarily suspended its shipping and chartering services. As a result, we reported nil and $462,218 in revenue from this segment for the years ended June 30, 2017sale of crypto-mining equipment was nil as we recognized revenue on a net basis and 2016, respectively. 

Temporary suspensionhence the higher margin which increased the Company’s margin of the two above business sectors are not treated as discontinued operations since management believes they will continue to operate through these segments once the shipping business market recovers and the overall economy improves. Management is still actively identifying new potential relationships with targets for generating ship management service revenue, as well as developing the shipping agency sales network. The Company has also retained the employees who previous handled the business in relation to these two sectors. Although there is no current revenue(8.0)% from these two business sectors, the employees who previously were employed in the shipping agency and ship management business currently participate in the organization and development of inland transportation management services, freight logistics services and container trucking services. Once the shipping agency and ship management services and shipping and chartering services restarts again, the employees who previously worked for these sectors will revertsegment to their previous positions to service theses business segments.

(3.7%).

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(3) RevenuesOperating Costs and Expenses

Operating costs and expenses increased by $10,737,621 or approximately 67.4% from Inland Transportation Management Services

In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with Zhiyuan Investment Group, a related party, whereby the Company agreed to provide certain solutions to help control the potential loss of commodities during the transportation process. The Company also began providing inland transportation management services to a third-party customer, Tengda Northwest, following the quarter ended September 2014. As a result, for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, inland transportation management services revenue generated from related-party was $2,746,423 and $2,269,346, respectively, and revenue generated from third-party was $3,012,177 and $2,071,176, respectively. For the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, gross profits from inland transportation management services amounted to $5,138,341 and $2,990,152, respectively. 

The increase in total revenues from this segment is due to the increase in the amount of commodities transported through both Zhiyuan Investment Group and Tengda Northwest. For Tengda Northwest, the service fee was RMB 32 per ton. Transported quantities were 648,739 tons$26,679,459 for the year ended June 30, 20172022 compared to 365,104 tons$15,941,838 for the year ended June 30, 2016.2021. This increase was mainly due to the increase in selling expenses, stock-based compensation, general and administrative expenses and impairment expenses as more fully discussed below. 

Selling Expenses

Our selling expenses consisted primarily of salaries and travel expenses for our sales representatives. For Zhiyuan Investment Group, the service fee was RMB 38 per ton. Transported quantities were 498,210 tonsyear ended June 30, 2022, we had $385,890 in selling expenses, as compared to $297,906 for the year ended June 30, 2017 compared to 442,757 tons for the year ended June 30, 2016.

Overall gross margin for this segment increased to 89.2% for the year ended June 30, 2017 from 68.9% for the year ended June 30, 2016.2021, which represents an increase of $87,984 or approximately 29.5%. The increase in gross margin is mainlywas due to:

1)

Increased efficiency: When the Company takes in a new customer in this segment, the majority of the costs are incurred upfront when the Company uses its professional expertise to assist the customer in setting up efficient and sound procedures and policies to minimize losses in the transportation process. Once the process is set up, marginal cost is needed as the Company is only required to spend labor costs to monitor and improve the operation process and handling specific issues as needed.

The component of the costs associated with inland transportation management services is primarily the salaries of the employees who are assigned to maintain the transportation services. The logistic transportation fees made directly by the end customers to the logistics companies. During the door-to-door transportation progress, the assigned personnel will monitor the progress of transportation, coordinate with the logistics companies and warehouses in order for the products to be transported safely to the agreed destination. The Company has been providing such business services since 2014. Throughout the three years of development, the employees familiarized with the tasks in providing such services and the Company’s network with those logistics companies has matured. The Company has also become more effective and efficient in handling such business. During the year ended June 30, 2017, only two employees in Beijing and Hong Kong were authorized by management in Company headquarters to spend a limited number of hours per day handling inland transportation services. For the same period in 2016, a greater number of employees were assigned to work on such services. The cost of revenues for providing inland transportation management services are measured based on the number of hours allocated to perform such services. As the number of employees assigned for the services decreased and the hours assigned for each employee per day also decreased, the total hours related to perform such services decreased accordingly, which led to the significant decrease in cost of revenues.

2)Increased transportation volume: Due to theto an increase of price in Chrome ore and Chrome iron in the commodity market, our customers have increased demand for shipments resulting increased transportation volume we managed. As discussed above, no substantial costs were incurred to handle the extra volume; economies of scale led to further increases of our gross margin.

(4) Revenues from Freight Logistic Services

Since we formed our new subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc., in January 2016, we began providing freight logistic services, including cargo forwarding and truck transportation services. During the year ended June 30, 2017, the portion of revenues generated from freight logistic services has increased significantly, and the Company presents the related revenue as a separate business segment. The Company has signed agreements with non-related parties, LJC Trading New York Ltd. and Zhiyuan (Hong Kong) Chromium Group Co.,marketing expenses of approximately $0.2 million to provide freight logistic services.

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Pursuant to the strategic cooperation agreement with COSCO Logistics, signed in July 2016, Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc. began to provide logistic services to COSCO Logistics beginning the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. These services include cargo forwarding, trucking and customs declaration and filings.

In the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company entered into an agreement with COSFRE Beijing, pursuant to which the Company formed a new joint venture company, ACH Trucking Center, with Jetta Global to provide short-haul trucking transportation and freight logistics services to customers located in the New York and New Jersey areas. Benefitting from the Company’s new logistics platform, strategic cooperation with COSCO Logistics and the new joint venture, revenue generated from freight logistic services was $4,815,450, and the related gross profit was $1,105,086 for the year ended June 30, 2017.

(5) Revenues from Container Trucking Services

Since we completed our website version of short distance container truck service platform in December 2016, we began to generate revenue from short distance trucking and containers services through the service platform and presents this as a new segment, “Container Trucking Services” beginning in the second quarter of 2017. Since the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, the Company has provided container trucking services in the PRC, and began to provide related services in the U.S. beginning in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. This new business segment is based on a modified and improved version ofpromote our freight logistics services business segment. For the year ended June 30, 2017, revenue generated from container trucking services was $871,563 and the related gross profit was $221,595.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Total operating costs and expenses decreased by $215,336 or 2.5%, from $8,559,767 for the year ended June 30, 2016 to $8,344,431 for the year ended June 30, 2017. This decrease was primarily due to the decrease in general and administrative expenses and selling expenses partially offset by the increase in cost of revenues as discussed below.

The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s costs and expenses for the periods indicated:

  For the years ended June 30, 
  2017  2016  Change 
  US$  %  US$  %  US$  % 
                   
Revenues  11,445,613   100.0%  7,310,540   100.0%  4,135,073   56.6%
Cost of revenues  4,980,591   43.5%  3,737,989   51.1%  1,242,602   33.2%
Gross margin  56.5%      48.9%      7.6%    
                         
General and administrative expenses  3,152,336   27.5%  4,346,159   59.5%  (1,193,823)  (27.5)%
Selling expenses  211,504   1.8%  475,619   6.5%  (264,115)  (55.5)%
Total Costs and Expenses  8,344,431   72.8%  8,559,767   117.1%  (215,336)  (2.5)%

business. 

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Costs of Revenues

Cost of revenues was $4,980,591 for the year ended June 30, 2017, an increase of $1,242,602, or 33.2%, as compared to $3,737,989 for the year ended June 30, 2016. The overall cost of revenues as a percentage of our revenues decreased from 51.1% for the year ended June 30, 2016, to 43.5% for the year ended June 30, 2017. The decrease in the overall costs of revenues in percentage terms for the year ended June 30, 201 7is due to the fact that the majority of our revenues during the year ended June 30, 2017 came from the more profitable inland transportation services and freight logistics services rather than the less profitable shipping agency service sector. Since revenue from shipping agency services has been decreased to nil, inland transportation management services and freight logistic services are now considered to be our essential revenue sources.

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits, office rent,travel expenses for our administration department, office expenses, and regulatory filing and listing fees, amortization of stock-based compensation expenses, legal, accounting and other professional service fees.fees for auditing, legal and IT consulting. For the year ended June 30, 2017,2022, we had $3,152,336 of$9,301,784 general and administrative expenses, as compared to $4,346,159$5,605,670 for the year ended June 30, 2016, a decrease2021, representing an increase of $1,193,823,$3,696,114, or 27.5%approximately 65.9%. The decreaseThis significant increase was mainly due to decreased stock-based compensation for common stock issued to consultants, decreased stock compensation for management, a recovery on allowance for doubtful accounts, and fewer legal fees incurred during the year ended June 30, 2017 compared to the corresponding period in 2016. As a result of the substantial reduction in general and administrative expenses and the increase in revenues,salaries, wages and office related costs of approximately $3.0 million as we hired more employees and rented new warehouses for our generalsubsidiaries Gorgeous Trading Ltd. and administrative expenses, as a percentageBrilliant Warehouse Service, Inc. This was also due to additional professional fees of revenue, decreased from 59.5%approximately $0.5 million mainly fees made for the Company’s special investigation.

Impairment Loss of Cryptocurrencies

We recorded $170,880 in impairment loss for the year ended June 30, 20162022 due to 27.5%a recent price drop in bitcoin, which the Company deemed a triggering event for the corresponding period in 2017.impairment testing.

 

Selling Expenses


 

The Company’s selling expenses consist primarily

Impairment Loss of business development costsFixed Assets and salaries and commissions forRight of Use Assets

We performed our operating staff at the ports at which we provide services. For the year endedannual goodwill impairment analysis as of June 30, 2017,2022 and concluded we had $211,504approximately $1.0 million in impairment loss for fixed assets and right of selling expensesuse assets, as compared to $475,619our carrying value exceeds the fair value. The fair values are determined by income approach where projected future cash flows discounted at rates commensurate with the risks involved, (“Discounted Cash Flow” or “DCF” of the income approach). Assumptions used in a DCF analysis require the exercise of significant judgment, including judgment about appropriate discount rates and terminal values, growth rates, and the amount and timing of expected future cash flows.

We recorded impairment loss of $855,230 for the year ended June 30, 2016,2021 primarily for our mining equipment due to a regulation change in China that banned cryptocurrency mining.

Provision for Doubtful Accounts, Net of Recovery

Our total bad debt expenses amounted to approximately $2.0 million, mostly because we estimated that we cannot timely collect the advances we made to certain related parties, which includes approximately $1.3 million to Shanghai Baoyin which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, and approximately $0.6 million in advances to LSM trading Ltd, of which we hold a 40% ownership interest. The advances were non-interest bearing and due on demand. We had net recovery of other receivable of approximately $0.4 million from other receivable as we continued collection of the receivables that were previously reserved. We had approximately $4.2 million of provision for the fiscal year 2021 for our accounts receivable and long-term deposits, representing a decrease of $264,115,$2,595,134, or 55.5%approximately 61.7%. The decrease

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-based compensation was mainly attributable to the suspension of shipping agency services during the year ended June 30, 2017. No salaries and commissions were made for the operating staff at the ports. On the other hand, the Company clarified responsibilities for the sales personnel and centralized major sales activities functions in our headquarters in order to decrease selling expenses incurred in different subsidiaries in 2016. As a percentage of revenue, our selling expenses decreased from 6.5%$10,064,622  for the year ended June 30, 2016,2022, an increase of $10,064,622 or 100.0%, as compared to 1.8% for the corresponding period in 2017.

Operating Income (Loss)

The Company had an operating income of $3,101,182nil for the year ended June 30, 2017, compared2021 due to an operatingstock grants to our directors, employees and consultants in the fiscal year 2022.

Loss from disposal of subsidiaries and VIE

On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a series of agreements to terminate its VIE structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-China. The Company controlled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Pacific Beijing. The Company made the decision to dissolve the VIE structure and Sino-China because Sino-China has no active operations and the Company wanted to remove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures. The Company also dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc., and on March 14, 2022, the Company discontinued its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Inc. The total loss of $1,249,227 forthree disposals amounted to approximately $6.1 million. Since these entities did not have any active operations prior to their disposal, the comparable period ended June 30, 2016. The increasedisposal did not represent a strategic change in the Company’s business. As such, the disposal was mainly due to increased revenue generated from inland transportation management services and freight logistic services with strong gross profit contributions, and the significant decline in general and administrativenot presented as a discontinued operation.

Other Expenses, Net

Other expenses, and selling expenses discussed above.

Financial Income (Expense), Net

The Company’s net financial income was $30,278 for the year ended June 30, 2017, compared to2022 mainly consists of interest expenses for our convertible debts of approximately $0.1 million and other finance charges, net financial expense of $247,530 interest earned. Total other expenses, net was approximately $0.5 million for the same periodyear ended June 30, 2021 which mainly consisted of 2016. We have operations ina settlementpayment loss of a dispute on cooperative profit sharing of approximately $0.8 million, offset by the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong KongPPP loan forgiveness which we recorded as a gain of approximately $0.1 million and the PRC,income generated from cryptocurrencies mining of approximately $0.3 million.

Taxes

Our income tax expenses amounted to nil and our financial income (expenses)$3,450 for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 2016 mainly reflects the foreign currency transaction income expressed in USD.2021, respectively.

Taxation

 

The Company’s income tax benefit was $472,084 for the year endedWe have incurred a cumulative U.S. federal net operating loss (“NOL”) of approximately $12,543,000 as of June 30, 2017, compared to an income tax expense of $812,593 for the year ended June 30, 2016.2021, which may reduce future federal taxable income. During the year ended June 30, 2017, the amount2022, approximately $9,700,000 of net operating loss (“NOL”) utilizedNOL was $1,853,000generated and the tax benefit derived from such NOL was $630,000;approximately 2,000,000.

Our operations in China incurred a cumulative a cumulative NOL of approximately $6,026,000 as of June 30, 2021, which was mainly from Sino-China which we disposed of during the corresponding periodyear ended June 30, 2022. During the year ended June 30, 2022, we generated an additional NOL of approximately $4,845,000. As of June 30, 2022, our PRC subsidiaries’ cumulative NOL amounted to approximately $1,283,000 which may reduce future taxable income and will expire by 2026.


We periodically evaluate the likelihood of the realization of deferred tax assets and reduce the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance to the extent we believe a portion will not be realized. Management considers new evidence, both positive and negative, that could affect our future realization of deferred tax assets, including our recent cumulative earnings experience, expectations of future income, the carry forward periods available for tax reporting purposes and other relevant factors. We determined that it is more likely than not that our deferred tax assets would not be realized due to uncertainty for future earnings due to the Company’s reorganization and venture into new businesses. We provided a 100% allowance for deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2022. The net decrease in valuation for the year ended June 30, 2016,2022 amounted to approximately $1.0 million based on management’s reassessment of the utilizationamount of NOL was nil and no tax benefit was derived from NOL. During the year ended June 30, 2017, the Company provided an allowance against theour deferred tax assets based on the Company’s projected taxable income and resulted in a net deferred tax asset of approximately $749,000; in the corresponding period of 2016, the Company provided a 100% valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets and no tax benefit was derived therefrom. The decrease in income tax expense was also attributablethat are more likely than not to a decrease in the taxable income of Trans Pacific during the year ended June 30, 2017 in comparison to the same period in 2016.

be realized.

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Net Income (Loss)Loss

 

As a result of the foregoing, the Companywe had a net incomeloss of $3,603,544$28,928,369 for the year ended June 30, 2017,2022, compared to a net loss of $2,301,522$11,302,853 for the year ended June 30, 2016.2021. After the deduction of non-controlling interest, net incomeloss attributable to Sino-Globalus was $3,624,892$28,257,830 for the year ended June 30, 2017;2022, compared to $10,900,168 for the same period in 2021. Comprehensive loss attributable to us was $27,482,995 for the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company had a net loss of $1,965,929. Comprehensive income attributable2022, as compared to the Company was $3,491,235$10,545,234 for the year ended June 30, 2017, compared to a comprehensive loss of $2,338,268 for the year ended June 30, 2016.2021.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows and Working Capital

 

As of June 30, 2017,2022, we had $8,733,742$55,833,282 in cash (including cash on hand and cash equivalents. We held approximately 28.2%in bank). The majority of our cash in banks located in New York, Los Angeles, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong and held approximately 71.8% of our cashis in banks located in the PRC.U.S.

 

On December 19, 2021, the Company issued two convertible notes to two non-U.S. investors for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000 (the “December 2021 Convertible Notes”).

The December 2021 Convertible Notes bear interest at 5% annually and may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $3.76 per share. At the investors’ request, we prepaid $5,000,000 in the aggregate principal amount, without interest, of the December 2021 Convertible Notes on March 8, 2022. Interest for the principal of $5,000,000 repaid was waived.

As of June 30, 2022, we had the following loans outstanding:

Loans Maturities  Interest
rate
  June 30,
2022
 
Convertible Notes  December 2023   5% $5,000,000 

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods as indicated:

 

  For the years ended
June 30,
 
   2017   2016 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $2,994,770  $(121,048)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $(62,412) $294,376 
Net cash provided by financing activities $4,402,488  $646,589 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents $7,347,748  $655,672 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of year $1,385,994  $730,322 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year $8,733,742  $1,385,994 
  For the Years
Ended June 30,
 
  2022  2021 
       
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $5,918,070  $(8,679,918)
Net cash used in investing activities $(3,581,676) $(1,510,379)
Net cash provided by financing activities $8,351,964  $54,200,082 
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash $307,607  $696,350 
Net increase in cash $10,995,965  $44,706,135 
Cash at the beginning of period $44,837,317  $131,182 
Cash at the end of period $55,833,282  $44,837,317 

 

The following table sets forth a summary of our working capital:

 

  June 30,
2017
  June 30,
2016
  Variation  % 
                 
Total Current Assets $16,754,888  $8,651,985  $8,102,903   93.7%
Total Current Liabilities $3,086,496  $2,437,382  $649,114   26.6%
Working Capital $13,668,392  $6,214,603  $7,453,789   119.9%
Current Ratio  5.43   3.55   1.88   53.0%
  June 30,  June 30,       
  2022  2021  Variation  % 
             
Total Current Assets $63,165,462  $46,867,350  $16,298,112   34.8%
Total Current Liabilities $25,212,959  $5,343,649  $19,869,310   371.8%
Working Capital $37,952,503  $41,523,701  $(3,571,198)  (8.6)%
Current Ratio  2.51   8.77   (6.26)  (71.4)%

 

We finance our ongoing operating activities primarily by using funds from our operations. We routinely monitor current and expected operational requirements to evaluate the use of available funding sources. 


In assessing the liquidity, Management monitorswe monitor and analyzes the Company’sanalyze our cash on-hand its ability to generate sufficient revenue sources in the future and the Company’sour operating and capital expenditure commitments. The Company plansOur liquidity needs are to fund continuing operations through identifying new prospective joint ventures and strategic alliance opportunities for new revenue sources, and by reducing costs to improve profitability and replenish working capital. Consideringmeet our existing working capital position and our ability to access other funding sources, management believes that the foregoing measures will provide sufficient liquidity for the Company to meet its future liquidityrequirements, operating expenses and capital expenditure obligations.

As of June 30, 2022, our working capital was approximately $38.0 million and we had cash of approximately $55.8 million. We believe our current working capital is sufficient to support our operations and debt obligations as they become due within one year from the date of this Report. 

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Operating Activities 

 

Our net cash derived fromprovided by operating activities was $2,994,770approximately $5.9 million for the year ended June 30, 2017, including net income of $3.60 million from increased revenue generated from inland transportation management services, freight logistics services with strong margin contributions and decreased general and administrative expenses and sales expenses. In addition, advances to third party suppliers- decreased by $2.09 million because we received certain freight services prepayments pursuant to our Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Metals & Minerals Pte Ltd. and Galasi Jernsih Sdn BHD in the third and fourth quarter of 2017. However, advances to related-party suppliers increased by $3.32 million as a result of Cooperative Transportation Agreement signed with Zhiyuan International Investment & Holding Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (“Zhiyuan Hong Kong”), a related party, pursuant to which we advanced transportation payments of approximately $3.33 million during the year ended June 30, 2017. Cash inflows from2022. The operating activitiescash outflow for the year ended June 30, 2017 reflect2022 was primarily attributable to our net loss of approximately $28.9 million, adjusted by non-cash stock-based compensation of approximately $10.0 million, loss on disposal of subsidiaries and VIE of approximately $6.1 million and provision for doubtful accounts of approximately $1.6 million. We had an increase in cash inflow of other receivables of approximately $1.4 million and we received a total of $47.0 million from SOSNY, approximately $34.1 million was advanced payment for the above mentioned major factors.sale of cryptocurrency mining machines while we are to refund SOSNY $13.0 million in December 2022. Our cash inflow was decreased by an advance to a related party supplier of approximately $34.1 million which was for the purchase of cryptocurrency mining machines.

 

NetOur net cash used in operating activities was $121,048approximately $8.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2016, which included our2021. The operating loss of $2.30 million due to our decreased revenue in the shipping agency service sector and increased selling expenses. In addition, the advances to third-party suppliers increased by $2.14 million because we prepaid freight fees of RMB 14.58 million (approximately $2.2 million) based on our Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Singapore Metals & Minerals Pte Ltd. (“the Buyer”) and Galasi Jernsih Sdn BHD (“the Seller”), the accounts receivable decreased by $0.62 million because we strengthened our cash collection efforts and received a payment of RMB 13.4 million (approximately $2.0 million) from Tengda Northwest, our major third-party customer of inland transportation services, and due from related parties decreased by $1.16 million because we collected RMB 22.2 million (approximately $3.3 million) from our related party customer, Zhiyuan. The Company’s cash outflows from operating activitiesoutflow for the year ended June 30, 2016 reflected the above mentioned factors.2021 was primarily attributable to our net loss of approximately $11.3 million, consisting of non-cash items including approximately $0.4 million in depreciation and amortization, approximately $0.9 million in impairment and approximately $4.2 million in allowance for deposit. We had an increase in advances to suppliers - third parties as we made deposits to our freight carriers of approximately $0.8 million, and a decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities of approximately $1.1 million offset by a decrease in other receivables of approximately $0.3 million as we collected our outstanding balances.

 

Investing Activities

 

The Company’s netNet cash used in investing activities was $62,412approximately $3.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2017 compared2022 due to netthe acquisition of property and equipment of approximately $0.9 million and an investment of approximately $0.2 million to a 40% owned joint venture. We made an additional loan of $0.5 million to Wang Qinggang, a related party to the Company, and CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai which is due in June 2024. We also made related party advances of approximately $1.9 million, which includes $1.3 million to Shanghai Baoyin which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, and approximately $0.6 million in advances to LSM Trading Ltd, of which we hold a 40% ownership interest.

Net cash provided byused in investing activities of $294,376 for the same period of 2016. For the year ended June 30, 2017, we purchased a vehicle in the amount of $55,339. For the year ended June 30, 2016, the amount was mainly generated by cash collection from the termination of our $326,035 vessel acquisition.

Financing Activities

The Company’s net cash derived from financing activities was $4,402,488approximately $1.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2017, compared2021 due to $646,589 for the year ended June 30, 2016. During the year ended June 30, 2017, 75,000 stock options were exercised by the two employeesacquisition of the Company with an exercise price of $1.10. As a result, net proceeds of $82,500 were recognized as net proceeds from exercise of stock options by the Company. In addition, the Company received net proceeds in the amount of $4,319,988 from a registered direct sale of 1.5 million shares of its common stock to three institutional investors.property and equipment.

 

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $646,589approximately $8.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2016, of which $691,600 resulted from the proceeds from the issuance2022 due to issuances of common stock to one individual investor in a private sale transaction on July 10, 2015. Duringplacements of approximately $10.5 million and proceeds from convertible notes of $10 million, repayment of convertible notes of $5.0 million and warrant repurchase of approximately $7.9 million. We also had cash from warrants exercise of approximately $0.9 million and repayment of Economic Injury Disaster Loan.

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $54.2 million for the year ended June 30, 2016, the Company repurchased 50,3062021 due to cash proceeds received from issuances of common sharesstock to private investors of approximately $52.8 million and recorded such shares as treasurycash proceeds received from issuances of preferred stock withto a paymentprivate investor of $45,011.approximately $1.4 million.

 

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Critical Accounting PoliciesEstimates

 

We prepare our consolidatedThe preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in accordanceconformity with U.S. GAAP. Thesegenerally accepted accounting principles and the Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and operating results require usthe Company’s management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions on the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the end of each fiscal period, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each fiscal period. We continually evaluate these judgments and estimates based on our own historical experience, knowledgethat affect the amounts reported. Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the notes to the financial statements included elsewhere in this Report describe the significant accounting policies and assessmentmethods used in the preparation of current business and other conditions, our expectations regarding the future based on available information and assumptions that we believe to be reasonable.

Company’s consolidated financial statements. There have been no material changes during the year ended June 30, 2017 in our accounting policies from those previously disclosed into the Company’s annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.

The selection of critical accounting policies,estimates since the judgments and other uncertainties affecting applicationdate of those policies and the sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and assumptions are factors that should be considered when reviewing our financial statements. We believe the following accounting policies involve the most significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Revenues from shipping agency services are recognized upon completion of services, which coincides with the date of departure of the relevant vessel from port. Advance payments and deposits received from customers prior to the provision of services and recognition of the related revenues are presented as advances from customers.

Revenues from shipping and chartering services are recognized upon performance of services as stipulated in the underlying contracts.

Revenues from inland transportation management services are recognized when commodities are being released from the customer’s warehouse.

Revenues from ship management services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

Revenues from freight logistics services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

Revenues from container trucking services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

Basis of Consolidation

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the parent, its subsidiaries and its affiliates. All inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”) is considered to be a Variable Interest Entity (VIE) and the Company is the primary beneficiary. Because of the contractual arrangements, the Company had a pecuniary interest in Sino-China that requires consolidation of our and Sino-China’s financial statements. The accounts of Sino-China are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements pursuant to Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 810-10, “Consolidation”. As a VIE, Sino-China’s revenues are included in our total revenues, its net loss from operations is consolidated with our net income (loss) before non-controlling interest. Our non-controlling interest in its net loss is then subtracted to calculate the net income attributable to the Company. The Company temporarily suspended its business with Sino-China in June 2014, therefore, there is no net income generated by Sino-China in the present.

this Report.

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Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are adjusted to reflect actual experience when necessary. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, fair value of stock based compensation, cost of revenues, allowance for doubtful accounts, deferred income taxes, and the useful lives of property and equipment. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are recognized at net realizable value. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the failure of customers to make required payments in the relevant time period. Management reviews the accounts receivable on a periodic basis and record general and specific allowances when there is doubt as to the collectability of individual balances. In evaluating the collectability of individual receivable balances, we consider many factors, including the age of the balance, the customer’s historical payment history, its current credit-worthiness and current economic trends. Receivables are considered past due after 365 days. Accounts are written off against the allowance only after exhaustive collection efforts.

Stock-based Compensation

Valuations are based upon highly subjective assumptions about the future, including stock price volatility and exercise patterns. The fair value of share-based payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee terminations. The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the expected life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

Taxation

Because the Company and its subsidiaries and Sino-China are incorporated in different jurisdictions, they file separate income tax returns. The Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”). Deferred taxes, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements. A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the asset will not be utilized in the future.

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. The Company had no uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Income tax returns for the years prior to 2014 are no longer subject to examination by U.S. tax authorities. Income tax returns for the years prior to 2012 are no longer subject to examination by PRC authorities.

PRC Enterprise Income Tax

PRC enterprise income tax is calculated based on taxable income determined under the PRC Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“PRC GAAP”) at 25%. Sino-China and Trans Pacific are registered in PRC and governed by the Enterprise Income Tax Laws of the PRC.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

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PRC Business Tax and SurchargesNone.

 

Revenues from services provided by the Company’s PRC subsidiaries and affiliates, including Sino-China and Trans Pacific are subject to the PRC business tax of 5%. Business tax and surcharges are paid on gross revenues generated from shipping agency services minus the costs of services which are paid on behalf of the customers.

Enterprises or individuals who sell commodities, engage in services or selling of goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax (“VAT”) in accordance with PRC laws. All of the Company’s revenue generated in the PRC are subject to a VAT on the gross sales price. The VAT rates are 6% and 11%, depending on the type of services provided. The VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on service.

In addition, under PRC regulations, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries and affiliates are required to pay city construction taxes (7%) and education surcharges (3%) based on calculated business tax payments.

The Company’s PRC subsidiaries and affiliates report revenues net of PRC’s VAT, business tax and surcharges for all the periods presented in the consolidated statements of operations.

Off-Balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholders’ equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serve as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

The Company’s financial statements and the related notes, together with the report of FriedmanAudit Alliance LLP, are set forth following the signature pages of this report. Report.

 

Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None.

 

Item 9A.Controls and Procedures

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

TheAs of June 30, 2022, the Company maintainscarried out an evaluation, under the supervision of and with the participation of its management, including the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing evaluation, the Chief Operating Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures designed(as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the issuerCompany in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78aet seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’sapplicable rules and forms. Disclosureforms due to ineffective internal controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.   

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the three months ended June 30, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

as more fully described below.

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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

 pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;

 
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of its management and directors; and

 
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

As of June 30, 2017, the Company carried out


Management conducted an evaluation, under the supervision of and with the participation of its management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer,assessment of the effectiveness of the design and operationCompany’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures.Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on the foregoing evaluation, Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial OfficerCompany’s assessment, management has concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act were not effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms due to ineffectiveits internal controlscontrol over financial reporting that stemmed fromwas not effective due to the following materialweaknessesfor the year ended and as of June 30, 2017:2022:

 

 Lack of segregation of duties for accounting personnel who prepared and reviewed the journal entries;entries in some of the subsidiaries within the consolidation, lack of supervision, coordination and communication of financial information between different entities within the Group;

 
Lack of resources with technical competency to review and record non-routine or complex transactions;
Lack of a full time U.S. GAAP personnel in the accounting department to monitor the recording of the transactions.transactions which led to error in revenue recognition in previously issued financial statements;

 

Lack of resources with technical competency to address, review and record non-routine or complex transactions under U.S. GAAP;

The

Lack of management control reviews of the budget against actual with analysis of the variance with a precision that can be explained through the analysis of the accounts;

Lack of proper procedures in identifying and recording related party transactions which led to restatement of previously issued financial statements (See Note 1 of the accompanying consolidated financial statement footnotes);

Lack of proper procedures to maintain supporting documents for accounting record; and

Lack of proper oversight for the Company’s cash disbursement process that led to misuse of the Company funds by its former executive.

A material weakness is not required to have itsa deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, within the meaning of PCAOB Auditing Standard AS 2201, in internal control over financial reporting, assuch that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

In order to remediate the material weaknesses stated above, we intend to implement the following measures, policies and procedures:

Hiring additional accounting staff to report the internal financial timely;

Hiring of CEO and CFO to properly set up the Company’s internal control and oversight process;

Reporting other material and non-routine transactions to the Board and obtain proper approval;

Recruiting additional qualified professionals with appropriate levels of U.S. GAAP knowledge and experience to assist in resolving accounting issues in non-routine or complex transactions;

Developing and conducting U.S. GAAP knowledge, SEC reporting and internal control training to senior executives, management personnel, accounting departments and the IT staff, so that management and key personnel understand the requirements and elements of internal control over financial reporting mandated by the U.S. securities laws;

Setting up budgets and developing expectations based on understanding of the business operations, compare the actual results with the expectations periodically and document the reasons for the fluctuations with further analysis. This should be done by CFO and reviewed by CEO upon their communications with the Board;

Strengthening our corporate governance;

Setting up policies and procedures for the Company’s related party identification to properly identify, record and disclose related party transactions; and

Setting up proper procedures for the Company’s fund disbursement process to ensure that cash is disbursed only upon proper authorization, for valid business purposes, and that all disbursements are properly recorded.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2017 audited by its auditors because it2022 that has materially affected, or is a smaller reporting company. reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B.Other Information.

Item 9B. Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Item 10.NameDirectors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.AgePositions Held
Jing Shan32Chief Operating Officer
Heng Wang55Non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board
Tieliang Liu62Director

 

Regulation S-K Item 401Jing Shan

Lei Cao

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Age - 53

Director since 2001

 

Mr. Cao isMs. Shan has been our Chief ExecutiveOperating Officer since her appointment in August 2021. From July 2019 to July 2021, Ms. Shan was a financial service professional at Northwestern Mutual, an insurance company. Prior to that, she was the COO at LineMoney Inc., a financial technology company, from December 2016 to July 2019. From August 2016 to December 2016, she was an analyst at Wall Street IPO Consultation Inc. Ms. Shan received a Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication from New York University and a Director. Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Beijing Forestry University.

Heng Wang

Mr. Cao founded our company in 2001 andWang has been our director since 2021. Mr. Wang has served as the Chief Executive Officer since that time. Mr. Cao has been Chief Executive officerSenior Manager of ourCharles Schwab Corporation, an investment management and financial services company, since its formation. PriorOctober 2020. From July 2006 to founding our company,October 2020, Mr. Cao was a Chief Representative of Wagenborg-Lagenduk Scheepvaart BV, Holland, from 1992 to 1993, Director of the Penavico-Beijing’s shipping agency from 1987 through 1992, and a seaman for Cosco-Hong Kong from 1984 through 1987. Mr. Cao received his EMBA degree in 2009 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Mr. Cao was chosenWang served as a director becauseConsultant for TD Ameritrade Inc, a financial services company. From November 2017 to July 2018, he isserved as the founder of our companyDirector at Longfin Corp., a financial technology consulting and we believe his knowledge of our company and years of experience in our industry give him the ability to guide our company as a director.  

Jing Wang

Independent Director

Age - 69

Director since 2007

Mr. Wang currently serves as Chief Economist to China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. and has held this position since December 2002. Mr. Wang was a Chinese Project Advisor for the World Bank from 1990 until 1994. From 1998 through 2000, Mr. Wang was the vice director of Tianjin Security and Futures Supervision Office, in charge of initial public offerings and listing companies. Mr. Wang is an independent director for Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development Co. Ltd., (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000695); Tianjin Marine Shipping Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600751), and ReneSola Company (London Stock Exchange: SOLA).service firm. Mr. Wang received a BachelorMaster’s degree in EconomicsComputer Information Science from Tianjinthe New Jersey Institute of Technology in July 1991, and he received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Fudan University of Finance and Economics. The Board believes thatin Shanghai, PRC in July 1990. Mr. Wang’s economics background and experience working with public companies qualify himWang has been selected to serve aas our director because of the Company.  his expertise in financial technology.

 

Tieliang Liu

Independent Director

Age - 57

Director since 2013

 

Dr. Liu currently serveshas been our director since 2013. Since 2001, he has served as the vice president in charge of accounting and finance to China Sun-Trust Group Ltd. and has held this position since 2001., a state-owned investment company in China. Dr. Liu was a financial controller for Huaxing Group Ltd, a state-owned material trading company in China, from 1998 to 2001. From 1996 through 1998, he was the chief accountant of China Enterprise Consulting Co., Ltd., a state-owned investment consulting company in China. Before working in the finance and accounting industry, Dr. Liu taught accounting and finance in a university for more than ten years and has published dozens of books and articles. Dr. Liu is a CPA in China. He received a PhD, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in accounting from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. Dr. Liu has been chosen to serve as a director because of his accounting and business knowledge and experience in working with small and medium-sized companies.

Ming Zhu

Independent Director

Age - 58

Director since 2014

Mr. Zhu has been an international business consultant with RMCC Investment LLC, a Richmond, Virginia based consulting firm, since 1994. Mr. Zhu holds a master’s degree in tourism and business from Virginia Commonwealth University. Mr. Zhu has also served as an independent director at eFuture Information Technology Inc. since 2007 and as an independent director of Tri-Tech Holding, Inc. since 2012. Mr. Zhu was chosen as a director because of his experience with public companies and his knowledge of our company.  

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Zhikang Huang

Chief Operating Officer and Director

Age - 40

Mr. Huang has been our Chief Operating Officer since 2010. Prior to 2010, he served as Director of Sino-Global Shipping Australia, for which he was responsible for regional operations, marketing and regulation oversight. From 2006 through 2010, Mr. Huang served as our Company’s Vice President, with duties focused on company operation and strategy, international shipping and marketing. From 2004 through 2006, Mr. Huang served as our Company’s Operations Manager, and from 2002 through 2004, he served as an operator with our Company. Mr. Huang obtained his degree in English from Guangxi University in 1999. 

Tuo Pan

Acting Chief Financial Officer

Age – 32

Ms. Pan is our Acting Chief Financial Officer and a seasoned Certified Public Accountant licensed in Australia. Since 2008, Ms. Pan has overseen the finance and accounting functions of Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. Ms. Pan received her bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance and a master’s degree in Advance Accounting from the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia. From August 2007 to July 2008, Ms. Pan worked as an auditor and project manager of Baker Tilly China Ltd., and participated in various projects from e-Future Information Technology Inc, TMC Education Corporation Ltd, China Ministry of Commerce, etc.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

To the best of our knowledge, none of our current directors or executive officersofficer has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, or has been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities or commodities laws, any laws respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud in connection with any business entity or been subject to any disciplinary sanctions or orders imposed by a stock, commodities or derivatives exchange or other self-regulatory organization, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement. None of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant

Board Diversity Matrix

Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Nasdaq’s Board Leadership Structure

Mr. Lei Cao currently holds both the positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. These two positions have not been consolidated into one position; Mr. Cao simply holds both positions at this time. The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Cao’s service as both Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the BoardDiversity Rules, below is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Mr. Cao possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company and its business and is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the Board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters. His combined role enables decisive leadership, ensures clear accountability, and enhances the Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to the Company’s shareholders, employees, customers and suppliers.board diversity matrix outlining diversity statistics regarding our Board.

 

We do not have a lead independent director because we believe our independent directors are encouraged to freely voice their opinions on a relatively small company board. We believe this leadership structure is appropriate because we are a smaller reporting company; as such, we deem it appropriate to be able to benefit from the guidance of Mr. Cao as both our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.

Board Diversity Matrix as of March 3, 2023

Total Number of Directors2
 23FemaleMaleNon-BinaryDid Not
Disclose
Gender
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors     2
Part II: Demographic Background
Asian2 


 

 

Risk OversightDelinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Our Board of Directors plays a significant role in our risk oversight. The Board of Directors makes all relevant Company decisions. As such, it is important for us to have our Chief Executive Officer serve on the Board as he plays a key role in the risk oversightSection 16(a) of the Company. As a smaller reporting company with a small board ofExchange Act requires that our executive officers and directors, we believe it is appropriate to have the involvement and input of all of our directors in risk oversight matters.   

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance (Regulation S-K Item 405)

Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company under 17 CFR 240.16a-3(e) during its most recent fiscal year and Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to the Company with respect to its most recent fiscal year, and any written representation referred to in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the Company is not aware of any director, officer, beneficial owner ofpersons who own more than ten percent of any classour common stock, file reports of equity securitiesownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on our review of the Company registered pursuant to Section 12copies of the forms received by us and written representations from certain reporting persons that failed to file on a timely basis, as disclosed inthey have complied with the above Forms, reports required byrelevant filing requirements, we believe that, during the year ended June 30, 2022, all of our executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent stockholders complied with all Section 16(a) duringfiling requirements, except that, due to administrative errors, the most recent fiscal year or prior years.following forms were filed late:

 

Qiu Shi filed a Form 4 on February 25, 2022 to report transactions that occurred on February 9, 2022.
Jing Shan filed a Form 4 on February 16, 2022 to report transactions that occurred on February 9, 2022.
Lei Nie filed a Form 4 on August 20, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Tieliang Liu filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Zhikang Huang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Xiaohuan Huang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Tuo Pan filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Lei Cao filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Jing Wang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.

Regulation S-K Item 406Code of Ethics

The Company hasWe have adopted a Codecode of Ethicsbusiness conduct and has filed a copyethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. The code of business conduct and ethics is available at our website at www.singularity.us. We expect that any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its requirement, will be disclosed on our website.

Committees of the CodeBoard of Ethics with the Commission.Directors

 

Regulation S-K Item 407(c)(3)Our Board has three standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The composition and function of each committee are described below.

None.

 

Regulation S-K Item 407(d)(4) and (5)Audit Committee

The Company has an audit committee, consisting solelyAudit Committee consists of the Company’s independent directors, Tieliang Liu Jingand Heng Wang, and Ming Zhu.who are each independent. Mr. Liu chairs the Audit Committee and qualifies as the audit committee financial expert. The Company’s audit committeeOur Audit Committee has adopted a written charter, and a copy of this charter is availableposted on the Company’s website, (www.sino-global.com)at www.singularity.us.  Under such charter, our Audit Committee is authorized to:

prepare and publish an annual Committee report as required by the SEC to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement;
discuss with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements, including the Company’s disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and other matters required to be reviewed under applicable legal, regulatory, professional or NASDAQ requirements;
discuss with management and the independent auditor, as appropriate, any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;


discuss with management the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies, including the Company’s major financial risk exposure and steps taken by management to monitor and mitigate such exposure;
review the Company’s financial reporting and accounting standards and principles, significant changes in such standards or principles or in their application and the key accounting decisions affecting the Company’s financial statements, including alternatives to, and the rationale for, the decisions made;
review and approve the internal corporate audit staff functions, including: (i) purpose, authority and organizational reporting lines; (ii) annual audit plans, budget and staffing; and (iii) concurrence in the appointment, termination, compensation and rotation of the audit staff;
review, with such members of management as the Committee deems appropriate, the Company’s internal system of audit and financial controls and the results of internal audits;

obtain and review at least annually a formal written report from the independent auditor delineating: the auditing firms internal quality-control procedures; any material issues raised within the preceding five years by the auditing firms internal quality-control reviews, by peer reviews of the firm, or by any governmental or other inquiry or investigation relating to any audit conducted by the firm. The Committee will also review steps taken by the auditing firm to address any findings in any of the foregoing reviews. Also, in order to assess auditor independence, the Committee will review at least annually all relationships between the independent auditor and the Company;

set policies for the hiring of employees or former employees of the Company’s independent auditor and, at least annually, evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of the independent auditors, including an evaluation of the lead audit partner; and to assure the regular rotation of the lead audit partner at our independent auditors and consider regular rotation of the accounting firm serving as our independent auditors;
review and investigate any matters pertaining to the integrity of management, including conflicts of interest, or adherence to standards of business conduct as required in the policies of the Company. This should include regular reviews of the compliance processes in general. In connection with these reviews, the Committee will meet, as deemed appropriate, with the general counsel and other Company officers or employees;
retain such outside counsel, experts and other advisors as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion;
review at least annually the adequacy of this charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval and assume additional responsibilities and take additional actions as may be delegated to it by the Board;
establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints on accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, as well as for confidential, anonymous submissions by Company employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;
conduct any investigation appropriate to fulfilling its responsibilities contained in this charter, communicate directly with the independent audit firm and any employee of the Company, and conduct its activities in accordance with the policies and principles contained in the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee has two members who are independent directors, including Heng Wang and Tieliang Liu.  Our Compensation Committee has adopted a written charter, and a copy of this charter is posted on our website, at www.singularity.us. Our Compensation Committee is authorized to:

review and determine the compensation arrangements for management;
establish and review general compensation policies with the objective to attract and retain superior talent, to reward individual performance and to achieve our financial goals;
review and determine our stock incentive and purchase plans;
oversee the evaluation of the board of directors and management; and
review the independence of any compensation advisers.


Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has two members that are independent directors, Heng Wang and Tieliang Liu. Heng Wang serves as the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has adopted a written charter, and a copy of this charter is posted on our website, at www.singularity.us. The functions of our Governance Committee, among other things, include:

identifying individuals qualified to become board members and recommending directors;
nominating board members for committee membership;
developing and recommending to our board corporate governance guidelines;
reviewing and determining the compensation arrangements for directors; and
overseeing the evaluation of our Board and its committees and management.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of our Compensation Committee, at any time, has been one of our officers or directly atemployees, or, during the following link:  http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/22/221375/corpgov/AuditCommCharte09272008.pdf.last fiscal year, was a participant in a related-party transaction that is required to be disclosed. None of our executive officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of our Board or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers on our Board or Compensation Committee.

Item 11.Executive Compensation.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The following table shows the annual compensation paid by us to Mr. Lei Cao, our Principalformer Chief Executive Officer Mrs.and Chairman, Ms. Yang Jie, our former Chief Executive Officer and director, Ms. Tuo Pan, our Actingformer Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Anthony S. Chan,Zhikang Huang, our former Executive Vice President, and Acting Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Zhikang Huang,Jing Shan, our Chief Operating Officer for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 2016. No other officer had total compensation during either of the previous two years of more than $100,000.2021.

Name Year  Salary  Bonus  Securities- based Compensation  All other Compensation  Total 
Lei Cao, 2021  $425,000(1) $300,000   -           -  $725,000 
Former Chief Executive Officer (1)(6) 2022  $426,609(2) $800   -   -  $427,409 
                        
Tuo Pan, 2021  $175,999  $100,000  $574,000   -  $849,999 
Former Chief Financial Officer (2)(7) 2022  $302,973  $800   -   - $303,773 
                        
Zhikang Huang, 2021  $125,000  $50,000  $495,200   -  $634,200 
Former Vice President and Director(3)(8) 2022  $275,000  $800   -   - $275,800 
                        
Jing Shan, 2021   -   -   -   -   - 
Chief Operating Officer(4) 2022  $143,333  $800   -   -  $144,133 
                        
Yang Jie,(5) 2021  $208,333   -   -   -  $208,333 
Former Chief Executive Officer and director(9) 2022  $500,000  $800   -   -  $500,800 

(1)According to the Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Mr. Cao’s annual salary was $260,000, effective January 1, 2019. According to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2021, Mr. Cao’s annual salary was $500,000, effective November 1, 2021.

(2)

According to the Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Ms. Pan’s annual salary was $100,000, effective January 1, 2019. According to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2021, Ms. Pan’s annual salary was $400,000, effective November 1, 2021.

(3)According to the Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Mr. Huang’s annual salary was $150,000, effective January 1, 2019.

(4)According to the Employment Agreement dated August 5, 2021, Ms. Shan’s annual salary was  $120,000, effective August 5, 2021. According to the Employment Agreement dated February 8, 2022, Ms. Shan’s annual salary was $200,000, effective February 8, 2022 and was raised to $250,000 since August 15, 2022. Pursuant to the cancellation agreement entered into on December 28, 2022, Ms. Shan agreed to return to the Company for cancellation 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to her for her services as an officer of the Company. The shares are being cancelled.
(5)Pursuant to the cancellation agreement entered into on December 19, 2022, Mr. Jie agreed to return to the Company for cancellation 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him for his services as an officer of the Company. The shares have been cancelled.

 

Summary Compensation Table


 

           Securities-       
           based  All other    
Name Year  Salary  Bonus  Compensation  Compensation  Total 
Lei Cao,  2017  $180,000   -   -   -  $180,000 
Principal Executive Officer  2016  $180,000   -  $159,000   -  $339,000 
Tuo Pan, (1)  2017  $60,000   -   -   -  $60,000 
Acting Chief Financial Officer  2016  $60,000   -  $21,200   -  $81,200 
Anthony S. Chan, (2)  2017   -  $-   -   -   - 
Acting Chief Financial Officer  2016  $83,333  $50,000   -   -  $133,333 
Zhikang Huang,  2017  $100,000   -   -   -  $100,000 
Chief Operating Officer  2016  $100,000   -  $95,400   -  $195,400 

(1)(6)

On November 1, 2021, Mr. Cao, retired from his position as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Cao resigned from the Board on January 9, 2023. Pursuant to the separation agreement entered into on January 9, 2023, Mr. Cao agreed to forfeit and return to the Company for cancellation 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company. The shares are being cancelled.

(7)On August 31, 2022, Ms. Pan was appointedterminated for cause as our Actingan employee and Chief Financial Officer on October 15, 2015.

of the Company and from any other position at any subsidiary of the Company to which she has been appointed. Ms. Pan was terminated for cause in accordance with the terms of her Employment Agreement dated November 9, 2021 and did not receive any salary or benefits from the Company except those earned through August 31, 2022.
(2)Effective October 15, 2015,
(8)On November 1, 2021, Mr. Anthony S. ChanHuang resigned from his position as a member of the Board of the Company.
(9)On August 9, 2022, Mr. Jie resigned as our Acting Chief Financial Officer.Executive Officer and director, following the Board’s decision on August 8, 2022, which adopted the Special Committee’s recommendation that Mr. Jie be suspended immediately.

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Outstanding Equity Awards of Named Executive Officers at Fiscal Year-End

As of June 30, 2017, we had three named executive officers, Mr. Lei Cao, our Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Tuo Pan, our Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Zhikang Huang, our Chief Operating Officer.None.

Option Awards(1)

        Equity      
        incentive plan      
        awards:      
  Number of  Number of  Number of      
  securities  securities  securities      
  underlying  underlying  underlying      
  unexercised  unexercised  unexercised  Option  Option
  options (#)  options (#)  unearned  Exercise  expiration
Name exercisable  unexercisable  options (#)  price ($)  date
(a) (b)  (c)  (d)  (e)  (f)
Lei Cao,              
Principal Executive Officer  36,000      -      -  $7.75  May 19, 2018
Tuo Pan,                  
Acting Chief Financial Officer  -   -   -   -  -
Zhikang Huang,                  
Chief Operating Officer  -   -   -   -  -

(1)Our Company has made stock awards to executive officers. The details are shown as Item 12.

Director Compensation for

The table below sets forth the compensation received by our directors in the year ended June 30, 2017(1)2022.

Name(1) Fees earned or
paid in cash
($)
  Stock
awards
($)
  Option
awards
($)
  All other
compensation
($)
  Total
($)
 
John Levy(3)  33,333   -          -   30,435(2)  63,768 
Heng Wang  30,000   -   -   21,304(2)  51,304 
Tieliang Liu  35,000   57,400   -   -   92,400 
Xiaohuan Huang(4)  25,000   57,400   -   -   82,400 
Jing Wang(5)  20,000   434,400   -   -   454,400 

Name Fees earned or
paid in cash
($)
  Stock
awards
($)
  

Option

awards

($)(2)

  All other
compensation
($)
  Total
($)
 
Tieliang Liu  20,000   0   0      0   20,000 
Jing Wang  20,000   0   0   0   20,000 
Ming Zhu  20,000   0   0   0   20,000 

(1)This table does not include Mr. Lei Cao, our former Chief Executive Officer because althoughand former director, Mr. Cao is aZhikang Huang, our former director and named executive officer,Vice President,  and Mr. Cao’sYang Jie, our former Chief Executive Officer and director whose compensation is fully reflected in the Summary Compensation Table.
(2)We granted options to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock
(2)Represents compensation paid to Mr. JingLevy and Mr. Wang on May 20, 2008. We granted options to purchase 10,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Tieliang Liu on January 31, 2013. No value is reflected for the awards in this table because the grant date fair value of all grants was reflected in the yeartheir services as Chairman and member of the applicable grant.Special Committee, respectively, for May and June, 2022.
(3)On February 23, 2023, Mr. John Levy resigned as a director of the Board and member of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee.
(4)

On November 1, 2021, Ms. Huang resigned as a director.

(5)

On November 18, 2021, Mr. Wang resigned as a director.

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Employment Agreements

The Company has an employment agreement with the Company’s Named Executive Officers

Sino-China hasJing Shan, our Chief Operating Officer. The employment agreements with each of Mr. Lei Cao, Ms. Tuo Panagreement began on February 8, 2022 and Mr. Zhikang Huang. These employment agreements providewill terminate on August 4, 2024. The term shall automatically be extended for a one-year terms that extend automaticallyperiod in the absence of terminationnotice of non-renewal provided at least 6030 days prior to the anniversary date of the employment agreement. If we fail to provide this notice or if we wish to terminate anUnder the terms of the employment agreement, Ms. Shan will receive a base salary of $200,000 per year. Her performance and salary are subject to review at any time, and any increases in her salary that our Board may determine, shall be made on a basis consistent with the absencestandard practices of cause, then we are obligatedour Company. On August 15, 2022, the Board approved an increase of Ms. Shan’s annual salary from $200,000 to provide at least 30 days’ prior notice. In such case during the initial term$250,000 and a cash bonus of $50,000 upon conclusion of the agreement, we would need to pay such executive (a) in the absence of a change of control, a one-time paymentinvestigation of the then-applicable annual salary of such executive or (b) in the event of a change of control, a one-time payment of one-and-a-half times the then-applicable annual salary of such executive. In the event of termination due to death or disability, the payment is equal to two times the executive’s salary.Special Committee.  

We are, however, permitted to terminate an employee for cause without penalty to our company, where the employee has committed a crime or the employee’s actions or inactions have resulted in a material adverse effect to us.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our shares of common stock beneficially owned as of March 3, 2023, for (i) each named executive officer and director, and (ii) all executive officers and directors as a group. As of March 3, 2023, there was no stockholder known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock. A person is considered to beneficially own any shares: (i) over which such person, directly or indirectly, exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (ii) of which such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through an exercise of stock options or warrants. Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the shares shown in the table for our directors and executive officers is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children. In the table below, percentage ownership is based on 21,944,333 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of March 3, 2023.

Item 12.Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)Security OwnershipNumber of Certain Beneficial Owners
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common
Stock
Jing Shan-      -
Tieliang Liu38,000*
Heng Wang--
All directors and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.executive officers as a group (three individuals)38,000*

*Less than 1%.

(1)The individual’s address is c/o Singularity Future Technology, Ltd., 98 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 311, Great Neck, New York 11021.

 


Securities Authorized for Issuance to Our Officers, Directors, Employees and Consultants under Equity Compensation Plans

The below table reflects, as of June 30, 2017,2022, the number of shares of common stock authorized by our shareholdersstockholders to be issued (directly or by way of issuance of securities exercisable for or convertible into) as incentive compensation to our officers, directors, employees and consultants.

Plan category Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)  Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
  Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)   
Equity compensation plans under the 2008 Incentive Plan approved by security holders  2,000  $10.05   47,781(1)
             
Equity compensation plans under the 2014 Incentive Plan approved by security holders  -   -   110,000(1)
             
Equity compensation plans under the 2021 Incentive Plan approved by security holders  -   -   9,800,000(1)
             
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  -   -   - 

Plan category Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)  Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)  Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) 
          
Equity compensation plans under the 2008 Incentive Plan approved by security holders  64,000  $7.03   238,903(1)
             
Equity compensation plans under the 2014 Incentive Plan approved by security holders  75,000  $1.10   8,590,000(1)
             
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  -   -   - 

(1)Pursuant to our 2008 Incentive Plan, we are authorized to issue options to purchase 302,90360,581 shares of our common stock. The 64,0002,000 outstanding options disclosed in the above table are taken from the 2008 Incentive Plan. Pursuant to our 2014 Incentive Plan, we are authorized to issue, in the aggregate, 10,000,0002,000,000 shares of common stock or other securities convertible or exercisable for common stock. We have granted options to purchase an aggregate of 150,00030,000 shares of common stock under the 2014 Incentive Plan in July 2016, among which, options to purchase 75,00015,000 shares of common stock have been exercised. In addition, we have issued, in the aggregate, 600,000120,000 shares of common stock to consultants to our Company in 2014, and 660,000132,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors in 2016, 132,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors in 2018, 26,000 to three employees in 2017 and 316,000 shares of common stock to employees in 2018 under the 2014 Incentive Plan. On September 2021, the board granted 1,020,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors under the 2014 Incentive Plan. Accordingly, we may issue options to purchase 238,90347,781 shares under the 2008 Incentive Plan, and we may issue 8,590,000110,000 and 10,000,000 shares of common stock or other securities convertible or exercisable for common stock under the 2014 Incentive Plan.Plan and the 2021 Incentive plan respectively. Pursuant to certain agreements, the 600,000 shares issued to Lei Cao under the 2014 Incentive Plan, and the 300,000 and 100,000 shares issued to Yang Jie and Jing Shan, respectively, under the 2021 Incentive Plan, were canceled or being canceled.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Related Transactions

Set forth below are our transactions with related persons for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Advance to Related Party Suppliers

The Company’s advances to suppliers – related party are as follows:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Bitcoin mining hardware and other equipment (1) $6,153,546  $      - 
Total Advances to suppliers-related party $6,153,546  $- 

(1)26On January 10, 2022, the Company’s joint venture, Thor Miner, entered into a Purchase Agreement with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to purchase certain crypto mining equipment. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made a total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order. Thor Miner also entered into a PSA with SOSNY for the purchase of $200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs and received deposit form SOSNY in the amount of $48,930,000.

The Company shipped crypto mining machines worth $1,325,520 to SOSNY for the year ended June 30, 2022 and $6,153,546 from July to December 2022.   Due to production issues from HighSharp, Thor Miner was not able to timely deliver the full quantity of crypto mining machines to SOSNY pursuant to the PSA and was sued by SOSNY for breach of contract on December 9, 2022.

The Company entered into a settlement agreement SOSNY effective on December 28, 2022, under which the Company repaid $13.0 million to SOSNY and terminated the PSA and balance of the deposits. The Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor Miner has paid to HighSharp.

As of December 22, 2023, the balance of advance to HighSharp and deposit from SOSNY amounted to $27,927,583 and $40,560,569, respectively. Thor Miner paid $13.0 million on December 23, 2022 to SOSNY which was received by SOSNY on December 28, 2023 and wrote off the balance of the deposit it received from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulting in net bad debt expenses of $367,014.


 

The below table reflectsDue From Related Party, Net

As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the ownershipoutstanding amounts due from related parties consist of our common stock by officers, directors and holders of more than five percent of our common stock. Percentages are based on 10,105,535 shares issued and outstanding as of September 12, 2017.

Name and Address Title of
Class
 Amount of
Beneficial
Ownership
  Percentage
Ownership
 
Mr. Lei Cao (1)(2) Common  1,465,040   14.5%
Mrs. Tuo Pan (1) Common  20,000   * 
Mr. Michael Huang (1) Common  80,000   * 
Mr. Jing Wang (1)(3) Common  50,000   * 
Mr. Liu Tieliang (1)(4) Common  48,000   * 
Mr. Ming Zhu (1) Common  40,000   * 
Mr. Yafei Li (1) Common  20,000    * 
Total Officers and Directors (6 individuals) Common  1,723,040   17.1%
           
Other Five Percent Shareholders          
Mr. Zhong Zhang (5) Common  1,800,000   17.8%

the following:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (1) $-  $384,331 
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (2)  415,412   430,903 
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (3)  1,306,004   - 
LSM Trading Ltd (4)  570,000   - 
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (5)  103,424   - 
Cao Lei  (6)  54,860     
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts  (2,449,700)  (384,331)
Total $-  $430,903 

*     Less than 1%.

(1)The individual’s address is c/o Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd., 1044 Northern Boulevard, Roslyn, New York 11576-1514.
(2)Mr. Cao has received options to purchase 36,000 shares ofIn June 2013, the Company’s common stock, all of which underlying shares are reflected in this table because they have vested.  
(3)Mr. Wang has received options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, all of which underlying shares are reflected in this table because they have vested.
(4)Mr. Liu has received options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, 8,000 of which have vested as of the date of this 10-K.
(5)Mr. Zhang’s address is care ofCompany signed a five-year global logistic service agreement with Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd, 10th Floor, Tianwu Huaqing Building, No.22, Jinrong Road, Dasi Industrial Park, Xiqing District Economic Development Zone, Tianjin City, P.R. China, 300385.Ltd. (“Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and TEWOO Chemical& Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd. (together with Zhiyuan Investment Group, “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan Investment Group is owned by Mr. Zhong Zhang, a former stockholder of the Company. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with the Zhiyuan Investment Group whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control potential commodities loss during the transportation process. Starting in late 2020, Mr. Zhang started selling off his shares of the Company and did not own shares of the Company as of June 30, 2021 and was no longer a related party. Management’s reassessed the collectability and decided to provide full allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2021. The Company wrote off the balance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.

(2)During third fiscal quarter of 2021, the Company advanced $477,278 to Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (“Zhejiang Jinbang”) which is 30% owned by Mr. Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai and Zhejiang Jinbang returned $39,356 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. There has been no change in the balance other than changes as a result of changes in exchange rates. The Company provided allowance of  $415,412 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

(3)From July to December 2021, the Company advanced approximately $1.6 million to Shanghai Baoyin which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai.  Shanghai Baoyin repaid approximately $0.3 million in December 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of  $1,306,004 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(4)The Company advanced $570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40% owned by the Company for the year ended June 30, 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand.The Company provided allowance of  $570,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(5)

On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into a project cooperation agreement with Rich Trading Co. Ltd USA (“Rich Trading”) for the trading of computer equipment. Rich Trading’s bank account was controlled by now-terminated members of the Company’s management      and was, at the time, an undisclosed related party. According to the agreement, the Company was to invest $4.5 million in the trading business operates by Rich Trading and the Company would be entitled to 90% of profit generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $3,300,000 for this project. $3,200,000 has been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $100,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, the Company also paid for expenses of Rich Trading for $3,424 and provided full allowance for the advance.

(6)The amount represents advance for business expenses to Mr. Cao Lei, former Chairman of the Board. The Company provided allowance of $54,860 for the year ended June 30, 2022. Business expenses incurred by Cao Lei amounted to $66,842 and $120,934 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Loan Receivable- Related Parties (Restated)

As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the outstanding loan receivable from related parties consists of the following:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Wang Qinggang (1) $552,285  $- 

(1)On June 10, 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The loan is non-interest bearing for loan amount up to  $630,805 (RMB 4 million). In February 2022, Wang Qinggang, borrowed and repaid $232,340 of the loan amount. In June 2022, additional $552,285 (RMB 3,700,000) was loaned to Wang Qinggang with due date of June 7, 2024. The outstanding loan was fully repaid in December 2022.

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Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Other Payable – Related Party

 

The BoardAs of Directors maintains a majorityJune 30, 2021, the Company had payable to former Chief Executive Officer of independent directors who are deemed$11,303 and to be independent under the definitionacting Chief Financial Officer of independence provided by NASDAQ Stock Market Rule 4200(a)(15).  Other than as described herein, no transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K have occurred since the beginning$2,516 which were included in other current liabilities. These payments were made on behalf of the Company’s last fiscal year.Company for the daily business operational activities.

 

On June 27, 2013, we signed a 5-year global logistic service agreement with TEWOO Chemical & Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd and TianJin Zhi Yuan Investment Group Co., Ltd (together “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan is owned by Mr. Zhang, the largest shareholder of the Company. Revenue - Related Party

For the year ended June 30, 2013, we had no business transaction with Zhiyuan. Before Mr. Zhang was a shareholder of the Company, he agreed with the Company to cause Zhiyuan to procure certain services2022, revenue from the Company. The 5-year global logistic service agreement details the nature of such cooperation between Zhiyuan and the Company. Thus, while Mr. Zhang’s initial agreement to direct business to the company was made when he was not a related party, Zhejiang Jinbang, amounted to $222,963. There was no related party revenue for the subsequent agreement was entered after he was a related party. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company executed a shipping and chartering services agreement with Zhiyuan whereby it assisted in the transportation of approximately 51,000 tons of chromite ore from South Africa to China. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with Zhiyuan whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control its potential commodities loss during the transportation process. In addition, the Company executed a one-year short-term loan agreement with Zhiyuan, effective January 1, 2014, to facilitate the working capital needs of Zhiyuan on an as-needed basis. In September 2014, the Company collected approximately $2.7 million from the Zhiyuan Investment Group, representing full repayment of the short-term loan and payment of approximately $1.6 million of outstanding trade receivable. In October 2014, the Company collected approximately $384,000 from the Zhiyuan Investment Group to reduce the outstanding trade receivable. For the yearsyear ended June 30, 20162021.

Director Independence

Our Board has determined that each of Messrs. Tieliang Liu and 2017,Heng Wang is an “independent director” as defined by the Company continued to provide inland transportation management services to the Zhiyuan Investment Group. The net amount due from the Zhiyuan Investment Group at June 30, 2016applicable SEC rules and 2017 were $1,622,519 and $1,715,130.Nasdaq Listing Rules.
 

Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Friedman LLP was appointed by the Company to serve as its independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2017. Audit services provided by Friedman LLP for fiscal year 2017 included the examination of the consolidated financial statements of the Company; and services related to periodic filings made with the SEC. In addition, Friedman LLP provided review services relating to the Company’s quarterly reports. 

Audit Fees

 

During the fiscal years 2017 and 2016, Friedman LLP’syear of 2022, Audit Alliance’s fees for the annual audit of our financial statements and the quarterly reviews of the financial statements included in our periodic reports were $190,000 and $190,000, respectively.$458,000. 

 

Tax FeesDuring the fiscal year of 2021, Audit Alliance’s fees for the annual audit of our financial statements and the quarterly reviews of the financial statements included in our periodic reports were $325,000.

 

Audit-Related Fees

None.

Tax fees related to tax return preparation amounted to $27,771 and $23,690 during fiscal year 2017 and 2016, respectively.Fees

 

None.

All Other Fees

 

None.

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies

 

Before FriedmanAudit Alliance LLP was engaged by the Company to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement was approved by the Company’s audit committee. All services rendered by FriedmanAudit Alliance LLP have been so approved. preapproved by the Company’s audit committee.

 

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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

Item 15.NumberExhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

NumberExhibit
3.1Articles of Incorporation of Sino-Global Shipping America,Singularity Future Technology, Ltd. (1)
3.2Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (2)
3.3Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (3)
3.4Bylaws of Sino-Global Shipping America,Singularity Future Technology, Ltd. (2)(4)
4.1Specimen Certificate for Common Stock (2)(4)
4.2Form of Series A Warrant to purchase Common Stock dated March 12, 2018 (5)
4.3Form of Series B Warrant to purchase Common Stock dated March 12, 2018 (6)
4.4Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 2020 (7)
4.5Form of Warrant to purchase Common Stock (8)
4.6Form of Warrant, dated December 14, 2021 (9)
10.1Employment Agreement by and between Ms. Jing Shan and Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd., dated as of August 5, 2021 (10)
10.2The Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (11)
10.3Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Shenzhen HighSharp Electronic Ltd. And the Company, dated October 3, 2021 (12)
10.4Offer Letter by and between Mr. Heng Wang and the Company, dated as of November 1, 2021 (13)
10.5Form of Warrant, dated as of December 2021 (14)
10.6Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 2021 (15)
10.7Form of Senior Convertible Note, dated as of December 2021 (16)
10.8Form of Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 2022 (17)
10.9Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Thor Miner, Inc. and the Company, dated January 10, 2022 (18)
10.10Employment Agreement by and between Ms. Jing Shan and the Company, dated February 8, 2022 (19)
10.11Form of Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Note, dated as of March 2022 (20)
10.12Joint Venture Agreement by and between Golden Mainland Inc. and the Company, dated April 10, 2022 (21)
10.13Form of Settlement Agreement by and between SOS Information Technology New York, Inc. and Thor Miner, Inc., the Company, Lei Cao, Yang Jie, John F. Levy, Tieliang Liu, Tuo Pan, Shi Qiu, Jing Shan, and Heng Wang (22)
10.14Separation Agreement by and between the Company and Lei Cao, dated as of January 9, 2023 (23)
10.15Placement Agreement by and between Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. and Maxim Group LLC, dated as of February 5, 2021 (24)
10.16 Exclusive Management Consulting and TechnicalForm of Services Agreement by and between Trans Pacific and Sino-China. (2)
10.2Exclusive Marketing Agreement by and between Trans Pacific and Sino-China. (2)
10.3Proxy Agreement by and among Lei Cao, Mingwei Zhang, the Company and Sino-China. (2)Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd *
10.414.1Equity Interest Pledge Agreement by and among Trans Pacific, Lei Cao and Mingwei Zhang. (2)
10.5Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Lei Cao, Mingwei Zhang and Sino-China. (2)
10.6First Amended and Restated Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Services Agreement by and between Trans Pacific and Sino-China. (2)
10.7First Amended and Restated Exclusive Marketing Agreement by and between Trans Pacific and Sino-China. (2)
10.8The Company’s 2008 Stock Incentive Plan. (2)
10.9The Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan. (6)
10.10Asset Purchase Agreement by and between Sino-Global and the selling shareholder dated April 10, 2015. (4)
14.1Code of Ethics of the Company.(3)Company (25)
21.1List of subsidiaries of the Company. (7)Company*
23.1Consent of Independent Audit Firm. (7)Alliance LLP*
31.131CertificationCertifications of CEOPrincipal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (7)1934*
31.232Certification of CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (7)
32.1Certifications of CEOPrincipal Executive Officer and CFOPrincipal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.(7)2002**
101.INSInline XBRL Instance Document.Document*
101.SCHInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.Schema Document*
101.CALInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.Linkbase Document*
101.DEFInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.Linkbase Document*
101.LABInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.Linkbase Document*
101.PREInline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.Linkbase Document*
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*

 

(1)*Filed herewith.
**Furnished herewith.

(1)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2014.
(2)
(2)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2022.
(3)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2022.
(4)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration Nos. 333-150858 and 333-148611.


(5)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2018.
(3)
(6)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2018.
(7)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2020.
(8)Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2021.
(9)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(10)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2021.
(11)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Form S-8 filed on August 27, 2021.
(12)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2021.
(13)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2021.
(14)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(15)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(16)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2021.
(17)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2022.
(18)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2022.
(19)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2022.
(20)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2022.
(21)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2022.
(22)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2023.
(23)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2023.
(24)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2021.
(25)Incorporated by reference to exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on September 29, 2008 File(File No. 001-34024.
(4)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-199160
(5)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on September 18, 2015.
(6)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form S-8 filed on April 23, 2014.
(7)Filed herewith.001-34024).

 

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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

We have elected not to include a summary pursuant to this Item 16.


 

 

SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA, LTD.
September 27, 2017By:/s/ Lei Cao
Lei Cao
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, registrant has duly caused this Reportreport to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
March 6, 2023By:/s/ Jing Shan
Jing Shan
Chief Operating Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Chief Accounting and Financial Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrantregistrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

September 27, 2017March 6, 2023By:/s/ Lei Cao
Lei Cao
Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board

(Principal Executive Officer)

September 27, 2017By:/s/ Tuo Pan

Tuo Pan

Acting Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)

September 27, 2017By/s/ Zhikang Huang
Zhikang Huang
Chief Operating Officer and Director
September 27, 2017By: /s/ Jing Wang
Jing Wang
Director
September 27, 2017By:/s/ Ming Zhu
Ming Zhu
Director
September 27, 2017By:/s/ Tieliang Liu
Tieliang Liu
Director
March 6, 2023By:/s/ Heng Wang
Heng Wang
Director

 


Index to Financial Statements

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA, LTD. AND AFFILIATES

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PAGE
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Pages
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 3487)F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheetsbalance sheets as of June 30, 20172022 and 20162021F-3
Consolidated Statementsstatements of Operationsoperations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)comprehensive income (loss) for the Years Endedyears ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021F-4
Consolidated Statementsstatements of Changes in Equityshareholders’ equityF-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the Years Endedyears ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021F-5
F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2017 and 2016F-6
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsconsolidated financial statementsF-7

 

F-1

 

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and StockholdersShareholders of

Sino-Global Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (formerly know as “Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.”)

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sino-GlobalSingularity Future Technology Ltd. (formerly known as “Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.”) and Affiliates (theits subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of June 30, 20172022 and 2016, and2021, the related consolidated statements of operations andincome, comprehensive income, (loss), changes inshareholders’ equity, and cash flows for eachthe years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and schedule (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the years inCompany as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the two-year periodresults of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2017. The Company’s management is responsible for these2022 and 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph on Correction of a Misstatement

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements.statements, the 2021 consolidated financial statements have been restated to correct a misstatement.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidatedthe Company’s financial statements based on our audits.audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditaudits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included considerationAs part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessingstatements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Audit Alliance LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since October 28, 2020

Singapore

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30, 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.March 6, 2023 

/s/ Friedman LLP
New York, New York
September 27, 2017

 

 

F-2

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA,

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATES
SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
Assets      
Current assets      
Cash and cash equivalents $8,733,742  $1,385,994 
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $185,821 and $207,028 as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively  2,569,141   2,333,024 
Other receivables, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $145,244 and $145,186 as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively  37,811   290,907 
Advances to suppliers-third parties  54,890   2,192,910 
Advances to suppliers-related party  3,333,038   - 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  311,136   826,631 
Due from related parties  1,715,130   1,622,519 
         
Total Current Assets  16,754,888   8,651,985 
         
Property and equipment, net  187,373   176,367 
Prepaid expenses  6,882   178,982 
Other long-term assets  117,478   46,810 
Deferred tax assets  749,400   - 
         
Total Assets $17,816,021  $9,054,144 
         
Liabilities and Equity        
         
Current Liabilities        
Advances from customers $369,717  $24,373 
Accounts payable  206,211   489,490 
Taxes payable  1,886,216   1,637,197 
Due to related parties  206,323   - 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  418,029   286,322 
         
Total Current Liabilities  3,086,496   2,437,382 
         
Total Liabilities  3,086,496   2,437,382 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Equity        
Preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, none issued.  -   - 
Common stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no par value; 10,281,032 and 8,456,032 shares issued as of June 30, 2017 and 2016; 10,105,535 and 8,280,535 outstanding as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively  20,535,379   15,500,391 
Additional paid-in capital  688,934   1,140,962 
Treasury stock, at cost, 175,497 shares as of June 30, 2017 and 2016  (417,538)  (417,538)
Accumulated deficit  (893,907)  (4,518,799)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (414,564)  (280,907)
         
Total Sino-Global Shipping America Ltd. Stockholders’ Equity  19,498,304   11,424,109 
         
Non-controlling Interest  (4,768,779)  (4,807,347)
         
Total Equity  14,729,525   6,616,762 
         
Total Liabilities and Equity $17,816,021  $9,054,144 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Assets    (Restated) 
Current assets      
Cash $55,833,282  $44,837,317 
Cryptocurrencies  90,458   261,338 
Accounts receivable, net  108,381   113,242 
Other receivables, net  25,057   2,558 
Advances to suppliers - third parties  36,540   880,000 
Advances to suppliers - related party  6,153,546   - 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  365,913   341,992 
Due from related party, net  552,285   430,902 
Total Current Assets  63,165,462   46,867,349 
         
Property and equipment, net  548,956   757,257 
Right-of-use assets  732,744   417,570 
Other long-term assets - deposits  237,749   115,971 
Investment in unconsolidated entity  162,829   - 
Total Assets $64,847,740  $

48,158,147

 
         
Current Liabilities        
Deferred revenue $6,955,577  $471,516 
Refund payable  13,000,000   - 
Accounts payable  508,523   574,857 
Accounts payable – related party  63,434   - 
Lease liabilities - current  471,976   192,044 
Taxes payable  3,457,177   3,572,419 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  756,272   529,777 
Loan payable - current  -   3,035 
Total current liabilities  25,212,959   5,343,648 
         
Lease liabilities - noncurrent  846,871   237,956 
Loan payable-noncurrent  -   152,370 
Convertible notes  5,000,000   - 
         
Total liabilities  31,059,830   5,733,974 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Equity        
Preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively  -   - 
Common stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no par value; 22,244,333 and 15,132,113 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and June 30,2021, respectively  96,127,691   82,555,700 
Additional paid-in capital  2,334,962   2,334,962 
Accumulated deficit  (62,579,592)  (34,321,762)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  45,739   (729,096)
Total Stockholders’ Equity attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company  35,928,800   49,839,804 
         
Non-controlling Interest  (2,140,890)  (7,415,631)
         
Total Equity  33,787,910   42,424,173 
         
Total Liabilities and Equity $64,847,740  $48,158,147 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statementsstatements.

 

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA,

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATESSUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

  For the Years Ended
June 30,
 
  2017  2016 
       
Net revenues - third parties $8,699,190  $5,041,194 
Net revenues - related party  2,746,423   2,269,346 
Total revenues  11,445,613   7,310,540 
Cost of revenues  (4,980,591)  (3,737,989)
Gross profit  6,465,022   3,572,551 
         
General and administrative expenses  (3,152,336)  (4,346,159)
Selling expenses  (211,504)  (475,619)
Total operating expenses  (3,363,840)  (4,821,778)
         
Operating income (loss)  3,101,182   (1,249,227)
         
Financial income (expense), net  30,278   (247,530)
Other income, net  -   7,828 
Total other income (expense)  30,278   (239,702)
         
Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes  3,131,460   (1,488,929)
         
Income tax benefit (expense)  472,084   (812,593)
         
Net income (loss)  3,603,544   (2,301,522)
         
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  (21,348)  (335,593)
         
Net income (loss) attributable to Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. $3,624,892  $(1,965,929)
         
Comprehensive income (loss)        
Net income (loss) $3,603,544  $(2,301,522)
Other comprehensive loss - foreign currency translation loss  (73,741)  (134,155)
Comprehensive income (loss)  3,529,803   (2,435,677)
         
Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest  38,568   (97,409)
         
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Sino-Global Shipping America Ltd. $3,491,235  $(2,338,268)
         
Earnings (loss) per share        
-Basic $0.41  $(0.23)
-Diluted $0.41  $(0.23)
         
Weighted average number of common shares used in computation        
-Basic  8,911,494   8,651,606 
-Diluted  8,949,960   8,651,606 
  For the Years Ended 
  June 30, 
  2022   2021
(Restated)
 
Net revenues $3,988,415  $5,151,032 
Cost of revenues  (4,136,474)  (4,974,394)
Gross profit  (148,059)  176,638 
         
Selling expenses  (385,890)  (297,906)
General and administrative expenses  (9,301,784)  (5,605,670)
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies  (170,880)  - 
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible assets  (1,006,305)  (855,230)
Provision for doubtful accounts, net  (1,613,504)  (4,208,638)
Stock-based compensation  (10,064,622)  - 
Total operating expenses  (22,542,985)  (10,967,444)
         
Operating loss  (22,691,044)  (10,790,806)
         
Loss from disposal of subsidiary and VIE  (6,131,616)  - 
Other expenses, net  (105,709)  (508,597)
         
Net loss before provision for income taxes  (28,928,369)  (11,299,403)
         
Income tax expense  -   (3,450)
         
Net loss  (28,928,369)  (11,302,853)
         
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  (670,539)  (402,685)
         
Net loss attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company. $(28,257,830) $(10,900,168)
         
Comprehensive loss        
Net loss $(28,928,369) $(11,302,853)
Other comprehensive income (loss) - foreign currency  801,065   (115,651)
Comprehensive loss  (28,127,304)  (11,418,504)
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest  (644,309)  (873,270)
Comprehensive loss attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company. $(27,482,995) $(10,545,234)
         
Loss per share        
Basic and diluted $(1.58) $(1.26)
         
Weighted average number of common shares used in computation        
Basic and diluted  17,924,098   8,634,513 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statementsstatements.

 

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA,

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATES
SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017 AND 2016

 

  Common stock  Additional
paid-in
  Treasury stock  

Accumulated

  Accumulated other Comprehensive  Total stockholders’  

Non-controlling

  Total   
  Shares  Amount  capital  Shares  Amount  deficit  income (loss)  Equity  interest  Equity 
Balance as of June 30, 2015  7,996,032  $16,303,327  $1,137,082   (125,191) $(372,527) $(2,552,870) $91,432  $14,606,444  $(4,709,938) $9,896,506 
                                         
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $59,336  1,000,000   1,067,264   -   -   -   -   -   1,067,264   -   1,067,264 
Stock-based compensation to management  660,000   349,800   -   -   -   -   -   349,800   -   349,800 
Cancellation of common stock  (1,200,000)  (2,220,000)  -   -   -   -   -   (2,220,000)  -   (2,220,000)
Purchase of common stock  -   -   -   (50,306)  (45,011)  -   -   (45,011)  -   (45,011)
Amortization of stock options  -   -   3,880   -   -   -   -   3,880   -   3,880 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   -   (372,339)  (372,339)  238,184   (134,155)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   (1,965,929)  -   (1,965,929)  (335,593)  (2,301,522)
                                         
Balance as of June 30, 2016  8,456,032  $15,500,391  $1,140,962   (175,497) $(417,538) $(4,518,799) $(280,907) $11,424,109  $(4,807,347) $6,616,762 
                                         
Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs of $450,013  1,500,000   4,319,988   -   -   -   -   -   4,319,988   -   4,319,988 
Exercise of stock options  75,000   82,500   -   -   -   -   -   82,500   -   82,500 
Amortization of stock options  -   -   110,195   -   -   -   -   110,195   -   110,195 
Shares issued for services  250,000   632,500   (562,223)  -   -   -   -   70,277   -   70,277 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   -   (133,657)  (133,657)  59,916   (73,741)
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   3,624,892   -   3,624,892   (21,348)  3,603,544 
                                         
Balance as of June 30, 2017  10,281,032  $20,535,379  $688,934   (175,497) $(417,538) $(893,907) $(414,564) $19,498,304  $(4,768,779) $14,729,525 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Additional
paid-in
  Subscription  Accumulated  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
  Noncontrolling    
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  capital  receivable  deficit  loss  interest  Total 
BALANCE, June 30, 2020  -  $-   3,718,788  $28,414,992  $2,334,962  $(59,869) $(23,421,594) $(1,084,030) $(6,542,361) $(357,900)
Issuance of preferred stock to private investor  860,000   1,427,600   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   1,427,600 
Issuance of common stock to private investor  -   -   9,020,456   47,909,208   -   59,869   -   -   -   47,969,077 
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock  (860,000)  (1,427,600)  860,000   1,427,600   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Exercise of stock warrants  -   -   1,532,869   4,803,900   
- 
   -   -   -   -   4,803,900 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   354,934   (470,585)  (115,651)
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   (10,900,168)  -   (402,685)  (11,302,853)
BALANCE, June 30, 2021(Restated)  -  $-   15,132,113  $82,555,700  $2,334,962  $-  $(34,321,762) $(729,096) $(7,415,631) $42,424,173 
Issuance of common stock to private placement  -   -   2,328,807   5,961,911   -   -   -   -   -   5,961,911 
Issuance of common stock to private investors        1,400,000   4,563,908                  4,563,908 
Stock based compensation to employee  -   -   1,620,000   6,044,400   -   -   -   -   -   6,044,400 
Stock based compensation to consultants  -   -   900,000   4,020,222   -   -   -   -   -   4,020,222 
Cashless exercise of stock warrants  -   -   599,413   -   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Warrant repurchase  -   -   -   (7,948,000)  -   -   -   -   -   (7,948,000)
Warrant exercise  -   -   264,000   929,550   
- 
   -   -   -   -   929,550 
Disposal of VIE and subsidiaries  -   -   -   -   -   -           5,919,050   5,919,050 
Foreign currency translation  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   774,835   26,230   801,065 
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   (28,257,830)  -   (670,539)  (28,928,369)
BALANCE, June 30, 2022  -  $-   22,244,333  $96,127,691  $2,334,962  $-  $(62,579,592) $45,739  $(2,140,890) $33,787,910 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statementsstatements.

 

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATE
SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  For the Years Ended 
  June 30, 
  2022  2021
(Restated)
 
Operating Activities      
Net loss $(28,928,369) $(11,302,853)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Stock-based compensation  10,064,622   - 
Depreciation and amortization  533,638   432,941 
Non-cash lease expense  611,022   169,572 
Provision for doubtful accounts, net  1,613,504   4,208,638 
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible asset  1,006,305   855,230 
Gain from loan forgiveness  -   (124,570)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets  147,154   6,312 
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries  6,131,616   - 
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies  170,880   - 
Investment loss from unconsolidated subsidiary  47,181   - 
Changes in assets and liabilities       
Cryptocurrencies  -   (261,338)
Accounts receivable  (39,669)  (84,757)
Other receivables  1,418,393   (302,567)
Advances to suppliers - third parties  543,321   (830,889)
Advances to suppliers – related party  (34,081,129)  - 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  (24,463)  (251,065)
Other long-term assets - deposits  (123,869)  (224,596)
Due from related parties  -   (320,219)
Deferred revenue  34,047,696   403,036 
Refund payable  13,000,000   - 
Accounts payable  24,967   73,170 
Taxes payable  94,393   190,995 
Lease liabilities  (633,376)  (194,167)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities  294,253   (1,122,791)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  5,918,070   (8,679,918)
         
Investing Activities        
Acquisition of property and equipment  (874,518)  (1,510,379)
Loan receivable - related parties  (573,252)  - 
Investment in unconsolidated entity  (210,010)  - 
Advance to related parties  (1,923,896)  - 
Net cash used in investing activities  (3,581,676)  (1,510,379)
         
Financing Activities        
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock  -   1,427,600 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock  10,525,819   52,772,977 
Warrant exercise  929,550   - 
Proceeds from convertible notes  10,000,000   - 
Repayment of convertible notes  (5,000,000)  - 
Warrant repurchase  (7,948,000)  - 
Repayment of loan payable  (155,405)  (495)
Net cash provided by financing activities  8,351,964   54,200,082 
         
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash  307,607   696,350 
         
Net increase in cash  10,995,965   44,706,135 
         
Cash at beginning of year  44,837,317   131,182 
         
Cash at end of year $55,833,282  $44,837,317 
         
Supplemental information        
Income taxes paid $-  $- 
Interest paid $2,404  $967 
         
Non-cash transactions of operating and investing activities        
Initial recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities $1,523,433  $286,268 

  For the years ended
June 30,
 
  2017  2016 
       
Operating Activities      
       
Net income (loss) $3,603,544  $(2,301,522)
Adjustment to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:        
Amortization of stock-based compensation to management  -   349,800 
Amortization of stock-based compensation to consultants  599,846   1,327,780 
Amortization of employee stock options  110,195   3,880 
Depreciation and amortization  49,367   59,508 
Provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts  (18,912)  132,915 
Deferred tax provision (benefit)  (749,400)  280,600 
Changes in assets and liabilities        
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable  (260,165)  616,280 
Decrease (increase) in other receivables  249,768   (98,935)
Decrease (increase) in advances to suppliers-third parties  2,085,281   (2,141,935)
Increase in advances to suppliers-related party  (3,317,382)  - 
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses  162,727   (4,228)
Increase in other current assets  (18,931)  (30,600)
Increase in other long-term assets  (70,806)  - 
(Increase) decrease in due from related parties  (117,772)  1,162,072 
Increase (decrease) in advances from customers  343,790   (101,828)
Decrease in accounts payable  (272,474)  (202,098)
Increase in taxes payable  278,288   640,549 
Increase in due to related parties  206,323   - 
Increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities  131,483   186,714 
         
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities  2,994,770   (121,048)
         
Investing Activities        
Acquisition of property and equipment  (62,412)  (31,659)
Cash collected from the termination of vessel acquisition  -   326,035 
         
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities  (62,412)  294,376 
         
Financing Activities        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net  4,319,988   691,600 
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options for common stock  82,500   - 
Repurchase of common stock  -   (45,011)
         
Net cash provided by financing activities  4,402,488   646,589 
         
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents  12,902   (164,245)
         
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents  7,347,748   655,672 
         
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year  1,385,994   730,322 
         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $8,733,742  $1,385,994 
         
Supplemental information        
Income taxes paid $89,324  $23,286 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:        
Return of common stock issued for vessel acquisition $-  $(2,220,000)
Issuance of common stock to pay for professional services $632,500  $435,000 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statementsstatements.

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SINO-GLOBAL SHIPPING AMERICA,

SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATES

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS

 

FoundedThe Company is a global logistics integrated solution provider that was founded in the United States (the “U.S.”) in 2001,2001. On September 18, 2007, the Company amended the Article of Incorporation and Bylaws to merge into a new corporation, Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd., a Virginia corporation (“Sino-Global” or the “Company”), is a non-asset based global shipping and freight logistic integrated solution provider. in Virginia. The Company provides tailored solutionsprimarily focus on providing logistics and value-added services forsupport to businesses in the PRC and United States. On January 3, 2022, the Company changed its customerscorporate name from Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. to drive effectiveness and control in related links throughoutSingularity Future Technology Ltd. to reflect its expanded operations into the entire shipping and freight logistics chain. digital assets business.

The Company conducts its business primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the U.S.,PRC (including Hong Kong) and the People’s RepublicUnited States, where the majority of China, including Hong Kong (the “PRC”), Australiaits clients are located. As of June 30, 2022, the Company operated in two segments: (1) freight logistics services which include shipping and Canada. Currently, a significant portion of the Company’s business is generated from clients located in the PRC.

The Company’s Chinese subsidiary, Trans Pacific Shipping Limited, a wholly-owned foreign enterprise (“Trans Pacific Beijing”), is the 90% owner of Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Limited (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”). Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Shanghaiwarehouse services, which are referred to collectively as “Trans Pacific”.

Prior to fiscal year 2016, the Company’s shipping agency business was operated by its subsidiaries in both the PRC. The Company’s ship management services were operated by its subsidiary in Hong Kong. The Company’s shippingUnited States and chartering servicesPRC, and (2) sale of crypto-mining machines, which were operated by its subsidiaries in the U.S.United States. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company was also engaged in shipping agency and subsidiary in Hong Kong. Currently, the Company’s inland transportation management services, are operatedwhich were carried out by its subsidiaries in the PRC, Hong Kong and the U.S. The Company’s freight logistic services are operated by its subsidiaries in the PRC and the U.S. The Company’s container trucking services are currently operated by its subsidiaries in the PRC and through a joint venturesubsidiary in the U.S. The Company has increased its businesses in the U.S. from third quarter of fiscal year 2017 since the website of the short haul container truck services platform has launched in December 2016.

In January 2016, the Company formed a subsidiary, Sino-Global Shipping LA Inc., a California corporation (“Sino LA”), for the purpose of expanding its business to provide freight logistic services to importers who ship goods into the U.S. The Company expects to generate additional revenues from providing inland transportation services and bulk cargo container services in the coming fiscal year.

In fiscal year 2016, affected by worsening market conditionsno longer operates in the shipping industry, the Company’s shipping agency business sector suffered a significant decrease in revenuesegment because it did not receive any new orders for its services due to a reduced number of ships served. As a result, the Company has suspended its shipping agency services business. Also, as a result of these market condition changes, the Company has suspended its ship management services business. In addition, in December 2015, the Company suspended its shipping and chartering services business, primarily as a resultuncertainty of the termination of a previously-contemplated vessel acquisition. As of June 30, 2017,shipping management market which was negatively impacted by the Company’s business segments consist of inland transportation management services, freight logistics services and container trucking services.COVID-19 pandemic.

 

In August 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) authorized management to move forward with the development of a mobile application that will provide a full-service logistics platform between the U.S. and the PRC for short-haul trucking in the U.S.

Sino-Global completed development of a full-service logistics platform as of December 2016. Upon the completion of the platform, the Company signed two significant agreements with COSCO Beijing International Freight Co., Ltd. (“COSFRE Beijing”) and Sino-Trans Guangxi in December 2016. Pursuant to the agreement with COSFRE Beijing, the Company will receive a percentage of the total amount of each transportation fee for the arrangement of inland transportation services for COSFRE Beijing’s container shipments into U.S. ports. For the strategic cooperation framework agreement with Sino-Trans Guangxi, which is a subsidiary of Sino-Trans Limited, the Company expects to utilize both parties’ existing resources and establish an integrated logistics plan to provide an end-to-end supply chain solution for customers shipping soybeans and sulfur products from the U.S. to southern PRC via container.

On January 5, 2017,March 2, 2021, the Company entered into a joint venturepurchase agreement and formed a new joint venture company named ACH Trucking Center Corp. (“ACH Center”(the “Agreement”) with Jetta Global Logistics Inc.Hebei Yanghuai Technology Co., Ltd. (“Jetta Global”Yanghuai”). Along with for the establishmentpurchase of ACH Center,2,783 digital currency mining servers. The Company acquired approximately $0.9 million of crypto equipment from Yanghuai. Over the last two months of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year, national and local governments in China gradually restricted and banned cryptocurrency mining operations, causing owners of servers to cease operations. Based on an amended agreement signed by the Company began providing short haul trucking transportation and logistics servicesYanghuai on September 17, 2021, the Company is not liable for the remainder of the contract price and has title to customers locatedhalf of the cryptocurrency products. The Company recorded impairment for the mining equipment in the New York and New Jersey areas. The Company holds a 51% ownership stake in ACH Trucking Center. The financial statementslast quarter of ACH Center have been included2021 in the consolidated financial statementsamount of the Company.approximately $0.9 million.

 

On January 9, 2017,December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with China Oceanseries of agreements to terminate its variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-Global Shipping Agency Qingdao Co. Ltd. (“COSCO Qingdao”). COSCO Qingdao will utilize the Company’s full-service logistics platform to arrange the transport of its container shipments into U.S. ports. Sino-Global will receive a percentage of the total amount of each transportation fee in exchange for the arrangement of inland transportation services for COSCO Qingdao’s container shipments into U.S. ports.

F-7

On February 18, 2017, the Company entered into a cooperative transportation agreement with related party, Zhiyuan International Investment & Holding Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (the “Buyer” or “Zhiyuan Hong Kong”). Zhiyuan Hong Kong, jointly with China Minmetals Corporation and China Metallurgical Group Corporation, acts as the general designer, general equipment provider and general service contractor in the upgrade and renovation project of Perwaja Steel, located in Malaysia (the “Project”Sino-China”). The Company agreedcontrolled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Pacific Shipping Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”). The Company made the decision to provide high-quality services including detailed transportation plan design, plan executiondissolve both the VIE structure and necessary supervision of the execution at Zhiyuan Hong Kong’s demand,Sino-China because Sino-China had no active operations and the Company will receive 1%wanted to 1.25% transportation fee incurredremove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures. In addition, the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA on December 26, 2021 as this subsidiary had no material operation, Inc. On March 14, 2022, the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Inc. (See Note 3 for details).

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) beginning in late January 2020 in the ProjectPRC has spread rapidly to many parts of the world. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 as commissiona pandemic. This has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of stores and business facilities in China and the U.S. Given the rapidly expanding nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because majority of the Company’s freights logistic segments and its workforce are concentrated in China., the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition have been adversely affected for its services rendered (see Note 3the year ended June 30, 2022 and Note 16). On July 7, 2017,2021. In early December 2022, the Company signedChinese government eased the strict control measure for COVID-19, which has led to a supplemental agreement with the buyer, pursuant to which Sino will cooperate with Zhiyuan Hong Kong exclusivelysurge in increased infections and a disruption in our business operations. Any future impact of COVID-19 on the entire project’s transportation needs. PursuantCompany’s operation results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may emerge regarding the supplemental agreement,duration and resurgence of COVID-19 variants and the Company agreesactions taken by government authorities to make prepaymentscontain COVID-19 or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control.


As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s subsidiaries included the following:

NameBackgroundOwnership
Sino-Global Shipping New York Inc. (“SGS NY”)

A New York Corporation

Incorporated on May 03, 2013

Primarily engaged in freight logistics services

100% owned by the Company
Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. (“SGS AUS”)

An Australian Corporation

Incorporated on July 03, 2008

No material operations

100% owned by the Company

Dissolved in November 2022

Sino-Global Shipping HK Ltd. (“SGS HK”)

A Hong Kong Corporation

Incorporated on September 22, 2008 

No material operations

100% owned by the Company

Thor Miner Inc. (“Thor Miner”)

A Delaware Corporation

Incorporated on October 13, 2021 

Primarily engaged in sales of crypto mining machines

51% owned by the Company

Trans Pacific Shipping Ltd. (“Trans Pacific Beijing”) 

A PRC limited liability company

Incorporated on November 13, 2007.

Primarily engaged in freight logistics services

100% owned the Company

Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”) 

A PRC limited liability company

Incorporated on May 31, 2009

Primarily engaged in freight logistics services

90% owned by Trans Pacific Beijing
Ningbo Saimeinuo Supply Chain Management Ltd. (“SGS Ningbo”)

A PRC limited liability company

Incorporated on September 11,2017

Primarily engaged in freight logistics services

100% owned by SGS NY


Blumargo IT Solution Ltd. (“Blumargo”)

A New York Corporation

Incorporated on December 14, 2020

No material operations

100% owned by SGS NY
Gorgeous Trading Ltd (“Gorgeous Trading”)

A Texas Corporation

Incorporated on July 01, 2021

Primarily engaged in warehouse related services

 100% owned by SGS NY

Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc. (“Brilliant Warehouse”)

A Texas Corporation

Incorporated on April 19,2021

Primarily engaged in warehouse house related services

51% owned by SGS NY
Phi Electric Motor In. (“Phi”)

A New York Corporation

Incorporated on August 30, 2021

No operations

51% owned by SGS NY
SG Shipping &Risk Solution Inc(“SGSR”)

A New York Corporation

Incorporated on September 29, 2021

No material operations

100% owned by the Company
SG Link LLC (“SG Link”)

A New York Corporation

Incorporated on December 23, 2021

No operations

100% owned by SG Shipping & Risk Solution Inc on January 25, 2022

Restatement of previously issued financial statements

From March to Zhiyuan Hong KongJune 2019, the Company’s subsidiary Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”) received approximately $6.2 million (RMB 40 million) from a related party, Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Baoyin”) which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai, to pay for its shareaccounts receivables of packaging6 different customers totaled RMB 40 million. Trans Pacific Shanghai then paid RMB 20 million and transporting costsRMB 10 million to Zhangjiakou Baoyu Trading Co. Ltd. (“Baoyu”) in April 2019 and July 2019, respectively and paid RMB 10 million to Hebei Baoxie Trading Co., Ltd.(“ Hebei Baoxie”), a third party in July 2019.

As such for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, accounts receivable was understated by RMB 40 million and advance to supplier was overstated by RMB 20 million and other payable from related party Shanghai Baoyin was understated by RMB 20 million. There was an overstatement of RMB 20 million in total assets and understatement of total liabilities of RMB 20 million.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Baoxie repaid RMB 10 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai and Trans Pacific Shanghai advanced the project, in returnRMB 10 million to Shanghai Baoyin. The RMB 10 million paid to Shanghai Baoyin was recorded as other receivable and the Company will receive 15%advance to Baoyu of its share of the cost incurred in the projectRMB 30 million was reclassified from Zhiyuan Hong Kong as a service fee. The project is expectedadvance to complete in onesupplier to two yearsother receivable and the Company will collectprovided full allowance of its receivables totaled RMB 40 million. The Company evaluated the transaction and determined there is service fee in accordance with project completion.no impact on its assets, liabilities and retained earnings as of June 30, 2020.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Baoyu repaid a total of RMB 30 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt. Trans Pacific Shanghai then loaned the RMB 30 million to Shanghai Baoyin. Shanghai Baoyin subsequently repaid RMB 4 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai and Trans Pacific Shanghai loaned RMB 4 million to Wang Qinggang. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt for other receivable and the RMB 30 million paid was recorded as a related party loan receivable.

The Company analyzed the transaction and determined the RMB 30 million was originally from related party Shanghai Baoyin and eventually paid back to the same related parties, therefore recovery of bad debt and loan receivable related parties was overstated by RMB 30 million for fiscal year 2021.


Effects of the restatement is as follows:

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidate balance sheet as of June 30, 2021         
         
Loan receivable - related parties $4,644,969  $(4,644,969) $       - 
Total assets $

52,803,117

  $(4,644,969) $

48,158,148

 

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidate Statement of Stockholder’s Equity as of June 30, 2021         
          
Accumulated deficit $(30,244,937) $(4,076,825) $(34,321,762)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)  (625,449)  (103,647)  (729,096)
Non-controlling Interest  (6,951,134)  (464,497)  (7,415,631)
Total equity $47,069,142  $(4,644,969) $42,424,173 

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidated statement of oeprations for the year ended June 30, 2021         
          
Recovery (provision) for doubtful accounts, net $321,168  $(4,529,806) $(4,208,638)
Net loss $(6,773,047) $(4,529,806) $(11,302,853)
Other comprehensive loss - foreign currency  (488)  (115,163) $(115,651)
Comprehensive loss $(6,773,535) $(4,644,969) $(11,418,504)

  As
Previously
Reported
  Adjustments  As Restated 
Consolidated statement of cash flow for the year ended June 30, 2021         
Cash flows from operating activities:         
Net loss $(6,773,047) $(4,529,806) $(11,302,853)
Provision for doubtful accounts $(321,168) $4,529,806  $4,208,638 
Other receivable $4,227,239  $(4,529,806) $(302,567)
             
Cash flows from investing activities:            
Loan receivable - related parties $(4,529,806) $4,529,806  $- 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

(a) Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of all directly, indirectly owned subsidiariesthe Company and variable interest entity.include the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of its subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

  

(b) Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation. Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd., a PRC corporation (“Sino-China”), isPrior to December 31, 2021, Sino-China was considered a variable interest entity (“VIE”),VIE, with the Company as the primary beneficiary. The Company, through Trans Pacific Beijing, entered into certain agreements with Sino-China, pursuant to which the Company receivesreceived 90% of Sino-China’s net income. The Company does not receive any payments from Sino-China unless Sino-China recognizes net income during its fiscal year. These agreements do not entitle the Company to any consideration if Sino-China incurs a net loss during its fiscal year. If Sino-China incurs a net loss during its fiscal year, the Company is not required to absorb such net loss.

  

As a VIE, Sino-China’s revenues arewere included in the Company’s total revenues, and any income or loss from operations iswere consolidated with that of the Company. Because of contractual arrangements between the Company and Sino-China, the Company hashad a pecuniary interest in Sino-China that requiresrequired consolidation of the financial statements of the Company and Sino-China.

 

The Company has consolidated Sino-China’s operating results because the entities are under common control in accordance with ASC 805-10, “Business Combinations”.Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10, “Consolidation.” The agency relationship between the Company and Sino-China and its branches iswas governed by a series of contractual arrangements pursuant to which the Company hashad substantial control over Sino-China. Management makes ongoing reassessments of whether the Company remains the primary beneficiary of Sino-China. As mentioned elsewhere in this report, dueOn December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a series of agreements to terminate its VIE structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-China.

Loss from disposal of Sino-China amounted to approximately $6.1 million. Since Sino-China did not have any active operation prior to disposal, the worsening market conditionsdisposal did not represent a strategic change in the shipping industry, Sino-China’s shipping agencyCompany’s business, suffered a significant decrease in revenue due to a reduced number of ships served. As a result,as such the Company has temporarily suspended this business. Sino-China is also providing services in other related business segments of the Company.disposal was not presented as discontinued operations.

 


The carrying amount and classification of Sino-China’s assets and liabilities included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Total current assets $9,327,990  $31,128 
Total assets  9,472,651   129,463 
Total current liabilities  4,517   7,222 
Total liabilities  4,517   7,222 
  

 

June 30,

  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Current assets:      
Cash $     -  $113,779 
Total current assets  -   113,779 
         
Deposits  -   56 
Total assets $-  $113,835 
         
Current liabilities:        
Other payables and accrued liabilities $-  $32,939 
Total liabilities $-  $32,939 

 

F-8

(c)(b) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

We followThe Company follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

Level 1 — Observable inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

 

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s assumptions based on the best available information.

 

The carrying value of accounts receivable, other receivables, other current assets, and current liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments.

  

(d)(c) Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are adjusted to reflect actual experience when necessary. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, fair value of stock basedstock-based compensation, cost of revenues, allowance for doubtful accounts, impairment loss, deferred income taxes, income tax expense and the useful lives of property and equipment. The inputs into the Company’s judgments and estimates consider the economic implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s critical and significant accounting estimates. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

(e)(d) Translation of Foreign Currency

 

The accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries including Sino-China and each of its branches are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (the “functional currency”). The Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar (“USD”) while its subsidiaries in the PRC, including Sino-China,Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. report their financial positions and results of operations in Renminbi (“RMB”), its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd., reports its financial positions and results of operations in Australian dollar (“AUD”), its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping (HK), Ltd. reports its financial positions and results of operations in Hong Kong dollar (“HKD”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in USD. Foreign currency transactions are translated into USD using the fixed exchange rates in effect at the time of the transaction. Generally, foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company translates the foreign currency financial statements of Sino-China, Sino-Global Shipping Australia, Sino-Global Shipping Hong Kong, Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Shanghai in accordance with ASC 830-10, “Foreign Currency Matters”. Assets and liabilities are translated at current exchange rates quoted by the People’s Bank of China at the balance sheetsheets’ dates and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates in effect during the year. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded as other comprehensive income (loss)loss and accumulated other comprehensive loss as a separate component of equity of the Company, and also included in non-controlling interests.

  


The exchange rates for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021 are as follows:

 

  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
Foreign currency Balance
Sheet
  Profits/Loss  Balance
Sheet
  Profits/Loss 
RMB:1USD  6.7806   6.8126   6.6487   6.4416 
AUD:1USD  1.3028   1.3267   1.3433   1.3755 
HKD:1USD  7.8059   7.7651   7.7595   7.7594 
CAD:1USD  1.2982   1.3270   1.2992   1.3266 

  June 30,
2022
  June 30,
2021
  June 30 
Foreign currency Balance
Sheet
  Balance
Sheet
  2022
Profits/Loss
  2021
Profits/Loss
 
1USD: RMB  6.6994   6.4586   6.4544   6.6228 
1USD: AUD  1.4484   1.3342   1.3788   1.3342 
1USD: HKD  7.8474   7.7661   7.8045   7.7661 

F-9

 

(f)(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents consistconsists of cash on hand and other highly liquid investmentscash in bank which are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use, and which have an original maturity of three months or less when purchased.use. The Company maintains cash and cash equivalents with various financial institutions mainly in the PRC, Australia, Hong Kong Canada and the U.S. As of June 30, 20172022 and 2016,June 30, 2021, cash balances of $6,246,337$143,044 and $1,333,713,$629,731, respectively, were maintained at financial institutions in the PRC, which werePRC. Nil and $201,990 of these balances are not covered by insurance as the deposit insurance system in China only insured by anyeach depositor at one bank for a maximum of the Chinese authorities.approximately $70,000 (RMB 500,000). As of, June 30, 20172022 and 2016,June 30, 2021, cash balancebalances of $2,462,792$55,636,636 and $43,760,$44,203,436, respectively, were maintained at U.S. financial institutions,institutions. $53,869,575 and were$43,507,335 of these balances are not covered by insurance, as each U.S. account was insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other programs subject to certain$250,000 limitations. The Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board pays compensation up to a limit of HKD 500,000 (approximately $64,000) if the bank with which an individual/a company holds its eligible deposit fails. As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $51,701 and $3,457, respectively, were maintained at financial institutions in Hong Kong and were insured by the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board. As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $192 and $693, respectively, were maintained at Australia financial institutions, and were insured as the Australian government guarantees deposits up to AUD 250,000 (approximately $172,000). As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, amount of deposits the Company had covered by insurance amounted to $1,961,997 and $1,125,838, respectively.

 

(g) Accounts Receivable(f) Cryptocurrencies

 

Cryptocurrencies, mainly bitcoin, are included in current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Cryptocurrencies purchased are recorded at cost and cryptocurrencies awarded to the Company through its mining activities are accounted for as other income for the year ended June 30, 2021. No other income was generated for the year ended June 30, 2022. Fair value of the cryptocurrency award received is determined using the quoted price of the related cryptocurrency at the time of receipt.

Cryptocurrencies held are accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

(g) Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are presented at net realizable value. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts and for estimated losses. The Company reviews the accounts receivable on a periodic basis and makes general and specific allowances when there is doubt as to the collectability of individual receivable balances. In evaluating the collectability of individual receivable balances, the Company considers many factors, including the age of the balances, customers’ historical payment history, their current credit-worthiness and current economic trends. Receivables are generally considered past due after 365180 days. The Company reserves 25%-50% of the customers balance aged between 181 days to 1 year, 50%-100% of the customers balance over 1 year and 100% of the customers balance over 2 years. Accounts Receivablereceivable are written off against the allowances only after exhaustive collection efforts. As the Company has focused its development on the shipping management segment, its customer base consists of more smaller privately owned companies that will pay more timely than state owned companies.

Other receivables represent mainly customer advances, prepaid employee insurance and welfare benefits, which will be subsequently deducted from the employee payroll, project advances as well as office lease deposits. Management reviews its receivables on a regular basis to determine if the bad debt allowance is adequate, and adjusts the allowance when necessary. Delinquent account balances are written-off against allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. Other receivables are written off against the allowances only after exhaustive collection efforts.

 


(h) Property and Equipment, net

 

Net propertyProperty and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. Historical cost comprises its purchase price and any directly attributable costs of bringing the assets to its working condition and location for its intended use. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:

 

Buildings20 years
Motor vehicles5-103-10 years
FurnitureComputer and office equipment1-5 years
Furniture and fixtures3-5 years
System software5 years
Leasehold improvementsShorter of lease term or useful lives
Mining equipment3 years

 

The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired by the Company when the anticipated undiscounted cash flows from such asset is less than its carrying value. If impairment is identified, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. Fair value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved or based on independent appraisals. ManagementFor the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, nil and $855,230 impairment were recorded, respectively.

(i) Investments in unconsolidated entity

Entities in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but does not have a controlling interest, are accounted for using the equity method. Significant influence is generally considered to exist when the Company has voting shares representing 20% to 50%, and other factors, such as representation on the board of directors, voting rights and the impact of commercial arrangements, are considered in determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. Under this method of accounting, the Company records its proportionate share of the net earnings or losses of equity method investees and a corresponding increase or decrease to the investment balances. Dividends received from the equity method investments are recorded as reductions in the cost of such investments. The Company generally considers an ownership interest of 20% or higher to represent significant influence. The Company accounts for the investments in entities over which it has neither control nor significant influence, and no readily determinable fair value is available, using the investment cost minus any impairment, if necessary.

Investments are evaluated for impairment when facts or circumstances indicate that the fair value of the long-term investment is less than its carrying value. An impairment loss is recognized when a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary. The Company reviews several factors to determine whether a loss is other-than-temporary. These factors include, but are not limited to, the: (i) nature of the investment; (ii) cause and duration of the impairment; (iii) extent to which fair value is less than cost; (iv) financial condition and near term prospects of the investment; and (v) ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. On January 10, 2020, the Company entered into a cooperation agreement with Mr. Shanming Liang, a shareholder of the Company, to set up a joint venture in New York named LSM Trading Ltd., (“LSM”) in which the Company holds a 40% equity interest. Mr. Shanming Liang subsequently transferred his shares to Guanxi Golden Bridge Industry Group Co., Ltd in October 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company invested $210,010 in LSM. The joint venture has not started its operations due to COVID-19 and substantially all of the Company’s investment was deposited in bank account with LSM and LSM has only incurred some administrative expenses. The Company recorded $47,181 investment loss for the year ended June 30, 2022.


(j) Convertible notes

The Company evaluates its convertible notes to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivatives. The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the embedded derivative is recorded at fair value each reporting period and recorded as a liability. In the event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the statements of operations as other income or expense.

(k) Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue which represents the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in such exchange. The Company identifies contractual performance obligations and determines whether revenue should be recognized at a point in time or over time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer.

The Company uses a five-step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts. The five-step model requires the Company to (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant future reversal will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation.

For the Company’s freight logistic and shipping agency services revenue, the Company provided transportation services which included mainly shipping services. In fiscal year 2021, the Company also provided shipping agency and management services The Company derived transportation revenue from sales contracts with its customers with revenues being recognized upon performance of services. Sales price to the customer was fixed upon acceptance of the sales contract and there was no separate sales rebate, discount, or other incentive. The Company’s revenues were no impairmentsrecognized at a point in time after all performance obligations were satisfied.

For the Company’s warehouse services, which are included in the freight logistic services, the Company’s contracts provide the customer an integrated service that includes two or more services, including but not limited to warehousing, collection, first-mile delivery, drop shipping, customs clearance packaging, etc.

Accordingly, the Company generally identifies one performance obligation in its contracts, which is a series of distinct services that remain substantially the same over time and possess the same pattern of transfer. Revenue is recognized over the period in which services are provided under the terms of the Company’s contractual relationships with its clients.

The transaction price is based on the amount specified in the contract with the customer and contains fixed and variable consideration. In general, the fixed consideration in a contract represents facility and equipment costs incurred to satisfy the performance obligation and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. The variable consideration is comprised of cost reimbursement determined based on the costs incurred. Revenue relating to variable pricing is estimated and included in the consideration if it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur in the future. The estimate of variable consideration is determined by the expected value or most likely amount method and factors in current, past and forecasted experience with the customer. Customers are billed based on terms specified in the revenue contract and they pay us according to approved payment terms.

Revenue for the above services is recognized on a gross basis when the Company controls the services as it has the obligation to (i) provide all services (ii) bear any inventory risk for warehouse services. In addition, the Company has control to set its selling price to ensure it would generate profit for the services.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company also engaged in sales of cryptocurrency mining equipment.

On January 10, 2022, the Company’s joint venture, Thor Minor, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with SOS Information Technology New York Inc. (the “Buyer”). Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, Thor agreed to sell and the Buyer agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment. The Company made 2 shipments in June 2022.


The Company’s performance obligation is to deliver products according to contract specifications. The Company recognizes product revenue at a point in time when the control of products or services are transferred to customers. To distinguish a promise to provide products from a promise to facilitate the sale from a third party, the Company considers the guidance of control in ASC 606-10-55-37A and the indicators in 606-10-55-39. The Company considers this guidance in conjunction with the terms in the Company’s arrangements with both suppliers and customers.

In general, revenue is recognized on a gross basis when the Company controls the products as it has the obligation to (i) fulfill the products delivery and custom clearance (ii) bear any inventory risk as legal owners. In addition, when establishing the selling prices for delivery of the resale products, the Company has control to set its selling price to ensure it would generate profit for the products delivery arrangements. If the Company is not responsible for provision of product and does not bear inventory risk, the Company recorded revenue on a net basis.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company recognized the sale of cryptocurrency mining equipment based on net basis as the manufacturer of the products are responsible for shipping and custom clearing for the products.

Contract balances

The Company records receivables related to revenue when the Company has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment.

Deferred revenue consists primarily of customer billings made in advance of performance obligations being satisfied and revenue being recognized. Contract balance amounted to $6,955,577 and $471,516 for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Refund payable amounted to $13,000,000 and nil for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively as a result of termination of the contract with customer (See Note 21 for details).

The Company’s disaggregated revenue streams are described as follows:

  For the Years Ended 
  June 30 ,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Sale of crypto mining machines $157,800  $- 
Shipping agency and management services  -   206,845 
Freight logistics services  3,830,615   4,944,187 
Total $3,988,415  $5,151,032 

Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic locations are as follows:

  For the Years Ended 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
PRC $2,982,691  $4,921,022 
U.S.  1,005,724   230,010 
Total revenues $3,988,415  $5,151,032 

(l) Leases

The Company adopted FASB ASU 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842) for the year ended June 30, 2020, and elected the practical expedients that does not require us to reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are, or contain, leases, (2) lease classification for any expired or existing leases and (3) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases. For lease terms of twelve months or fewer, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election not to recognize lease assets and liabilities. The Company also adopted the practical expedient that allows lessees to treat the lease and non-lease components of a lease as a single lease component. Upon adoption, the Company recognized right of use (“ROU”) assets and same amount of lease liabilities based on the present value of the future minimum rental payments of leases, using an incremental borrowing rate of 7% based on the duration of lease terms.


Operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the balance sheet dates.adoption date or the commencement date, whichever is earlier, based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Since the implicit rate for the Company’s leases is not readily determinable, the Company use its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments, in a similar economic environment and over a similar term.

 

(i) Revenue RecognitionLease terms used to calculate the present value of lease payments generally do not include any options to extend, renew, or terminate the lease, as the Company does not have reasonable certainty at lease inception that these options will be exercised. The Company generally considers the economic life of its operating lease ROU assets to be comparable to the useful life of similar owned assets. The Company has elected the short-term lease exception, therefore operating lease ROU assets and liabilities do not include leases with a lease term of twelve months or less. Its leases generally do not provide a residual guarantee. The operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

Revenues from shipping agency services are recognized upon completion of services, which coincides with the date of departure of the relevant vessel from port. Advance payments and deposits received from customers prior to the provision of services and recognition of the related revenues are presented as advances from customers.

Revenues from shipping and chartering services are recognized upon performance of services as stipulated in the underlying contracts.

Revenues from inland transportation management services are recognized when commodities are being released from the customers’ warehouse.

Revenues from ship management services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

Revenues from freight logistics services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

Revenues from container trucking services are recognized when the related contractual services are rendered.

(j) TaxationThe Company reviews the impairment of its ROU assets consistent with the approach applied for its other long-lived assets. The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on its ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows of the related operations. The Company has elected to include the carrying amount of operating lease liabilities in any tested asset group and include the associated operating lease payments in the undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows.

 

(m) Taxation

Because the Company and its subsidiaries and Sino-China arewere incorporated in different jurisdictions, they file separate income tax returns. The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with USU.S. GAAP. Deferred taxes, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements. A valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the asset will not be utilized in the future.

 

The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. The Company had no uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2022 and 2021.

 

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Income tax returns for the years prior to 20142018 are no longer subject to examination by U.S. tax authorities.

 

PRC Enterprise Income Tax

 

PRC enterprise income tax is calculated based on taxable income determined under the PRC Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“PRC GAAP”) at 25%. Sino-China and Trans Pacific are registeredBeijing were incorporated in the PRC and governed byare subject to the Enterprise Income Tax Laws of the PRC.

PRC Business TaxValue Added Taxes and Surcharges

 

RevenuesThe Company is subject to value added tax (“VAT”). Revenue from services provided by the Company’s PRC subsidiaries, and affiliates, including Sino-China and Trans Pacific, and the VIE, and Sino-China, are subject to VAT at rates ranging from 9% to 13%. Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are allowed to offset qualified VAT paid to suppliers against their VAT liability. Net VAT liability is recorded in taxes payable on the PRC business tax of 5%. Business tax and surcharges are paid on gross revenues generated minus the costs of services which are paid on behalf of the customers.consolidated balance sheets.

 

Enterprises or individuals who sell commodities, engage in services or selling of goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax (“VAT”) in accordance with PRC laws. All of the Company’s revenue generated in the PRC and are subject to a VAT on the gross sales price. The VAT rates are 6% and 11%, depending on the type of services provided. The VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on service.

In addition, under the PRC regulations, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries and affiliatesVIE are required to pay city construction taxestax (7%) and education surcharges (3%) based on calculated business taxthe net VAT payments.

 

The Company’s PRC subsidiaries and affiliates report revenues net of PRC’s VAT, business tax and surcharges for all the periods presented in the consolidated statements of operations.


 

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(n) Earnings (loss) per Share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to holders of common sharesstock of the Company by the weighted average number of shares of common sharesstock of the Company outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common sharesstock of the Company were exercised or converted into common sharesstock of the Company. Common sharestock equivalents are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share if their effects would be anti-dilutive.

 

For the yearyears ended June 30, 2017, the basic average shares outstanding2022 and diluted average shares of the Company outstanding were not the same because the2021, there was no dilutive effect of potential shares of common stock of the Company was dilutive sincebecause the exercise prices for options were lower than the average market price for the related periods. For the year ended June 30, 2017, a total of 38,466 unexercised options were dilutive and were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. For the year ended June 30, 2016, no unexercised warrants and options were dilutive.Company generated net loss.  

 

(l)(o) Comprehensive Income (loss)(Loss)

 

The Company reports comprehensive income (loss) in accordance with the authoritative guidance issued by Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”(the “FASB”) issued authoritative guidance which establishes standards for reporting comprehensive income (loss) and its component in financial statements. ComprehensiveOther comprehensive income (loss), refers to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that under US GAAP are recorded as defined, includes all changes inan element of stockholders’ equity duringbut are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive income (loss) consists of a periodforeign currency translation adjustment resulting from non-owner sources.the Company not using the U.S. dollar as its functional currencies.

 

(m)(p) Stock-based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards to employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, which requires that stock-based payment transactions with employees be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity instrument issued and recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service period. The Company records stock-based compensation expense at fair value on the grant date and recognizes the expense over the employee’s requisite service period.

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation awards to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 amended by ASU 2018-07. Under FASB ASC Topic 718, stock compensation granted to non-employees has been determined as the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measured and is recognized as an expense as the goods or services are received.  

Valuations of stock-based compensation are based upon highly subjective assumptions about the future, including stock price volatility and exercise patterns. The fair value of share-based payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee terminations. The expected term of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within the expected life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

  

(n)(q) Risks and Uncertainties

  

The Company’s business, financial position and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic, health and legal environments in the PRC, as well as by the general state of the PRC economy. The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic, health and legal environmentenvironments and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political, regulatory and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies or interpretations with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. Moreover,

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 as a pandemic. Given the rapidly expanding nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because substantially all of the Company’s ability to grow its business operations and maintain its profitability could be negatively affected by the natureworkforce are concentrated in China and extent of services provided to its major customers, Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (the “Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and Tengda Northwest Ferroalloy Co., Ltd. (“Tengda Northwest”).

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(o) Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform toUnited States, the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on theCompany’s business, results of operations, and cash flows.financial condition have been adversely affected for the year ended June 30, 2022. The situation remains highly uncertain for any further outbreak or resurgence of the COVID-19. It is therefore difficult for the Company to estimate the impact on the business or operating results that might be adversely affected by any further outbreak or resurgence of COVID-19.

 

(p)


(r) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In January 2016,May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01,2019-05, which is an update to ASU Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurementwhich introduced the expected credit losses methodology for the measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, to enhance the reporting model forcredit losses on financial instruments to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. The update requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. It eliminated the requirement for public entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is require to be disclosed for financial instrumentsassets measured at amortized cost onbasis, replacing the balance sheet.previous incurred loss methodology. The amendments in Update 2016-13 added Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, and made several consequential amendments to the Codification. Update 2016-13 also modified the accounting for available-for-sale debt securities, which must be individually assessed for credit losses when fair value is less than the amortized cost basis, in accordance with Subtopic 326-30, Financial Instruments— Credit Losses—Available-for-Sale Debt Securities. The amendments in this ASU address those stakeholders’ concerns by providing an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option for certain financial assets previously measured at amortized cost basis. For publicthose entities, the targeted transition relief will increase comparability of financial statement information by providing an option to align measurement methodologies for similar financial assets. Furthermore, the targeted transition relief also may reduce the costs for some entities to comply with the amendments in Update 2016-13 while still providing financial statement users with decision-useful information. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, which to update the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13 for private companies, not-for-profit organizations and certain smaller reporting companies applying for credit losses standard. The new effective date for these preparers is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017,July 1, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Management doesThe Company has not believeearly adopted this update and it will become effective on July 1, 2023 assuming the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-02, Amendments to the ASC 842 Leases. This update requires lessee to recognize the assets and liability (the lease liability) arising from operating leases on the balance sheet for the lease term. When measuring assets and liabilities arising from a lease, a lessee (and a lessor) should include paymentsCompany will remain eligible to be made in optional periods only if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise an option to extend the lease or not to exercise an option to terminate the lease. Within twelve months or less lease term, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election not to recognize lease assets and liabilities. If a lessee makes this election, it should recognize lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In transition, this update will be effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.smaller reporting company. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on itsthe Company’s consolidated financial statements.statements and related disclosures.

  

In April 2016,August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10, Revenue from 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity”. The amendments in this Update to address issues identified as a result of the complexity associated with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligationsapplying generally accepted accounting principles for certain financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and Licensing.equity. ASU 2020-06 is effective for the Company for annual and interim reporting periods beginning July 1, 2022. The objective isCompany adopted this new standard on July 1, 2021 on its accounting for the convertible notes issued in December 2021.

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-08, “Codification Improvements to Subtopic 310-20, Receivables—Non-refundable Fees and Other Costs”. The amendments in this Update represent changes to clarify the two aspectsCodification. The amendments make the Codification easier to understand and easier to apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. ASU 2020-08 is effective for the Company for annual and interim reporting periods beginning July 1, 2021. All entities should apply the amendments in this Update on a prospective basis as of Topic 606: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance, while retainingbeginning of the related principlesperiod of adoption for these areas. The ASU affects the guidance in ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which isexisting or newly purchased callable debt securities. These amendments do not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements for this ASU are the same aschange the effective datedates for Update 2017-08. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and transition requirementsrelated disclosures.

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, “Codification Improvements”. The amendments in Topic 606 (and any other Topic amended by ASU 2014-09). ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferralthis Update represent changes to clarify the Codification or correct unintended application of guidance that are not expected to have a significant effect on current accounting practice or create a significant administrative cost to most entities. The amendments in this Update affect a wide variety of Topics in the Codification and apply to all reporting entities within the scope of the Effective Date, defersaffected accounting guidance. ASU 2020-10 is effective for annual periods beginning after July 1, 2021 for public business entities. The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. ManagementCompany’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASUother recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients. The object is to address certain issues identified by the FASB-IASB Joint Transition Resource Company for Revenue Recognition. The amendments in this Update affect the guidance in Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which is not yet effective. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments in this Update are the same as the effective date and transition requirements for Topic 606 (and any other Topic amended by Update 2014-09). Accounting Standards Update 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, defers the effective date of Update 2014-09 by one year. Management does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to address diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments provide guidance on the following eight specific cash flow issues: (1) Debt Prepayment or Debt Extinguishment Costs; (2) Settlement of Zero-Coupon Debt Instruments or Other Debt Instruments with Coupon Interest Rates That Are Insignificant in Relation to the Effective Interest Rate of the Borrowing; (3) Contingent Consideration Payments Made after a Business Combination; (4) Proceeds from the Settlement of Insurance Claims; (5) Proceeds from the Settlement of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies, including Bank-Owned; (6) Life Insurance Policies; (7) Distributions Received from Equity Method Investees; (8) Beneficial Interests in Securitization Transactions; and Separately Identifiable Cash Flows and Application of the Predominance Principle. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. If it is impracticable to apply the amendments retrospectively for some of the issues, the amendments for those issues would be applied prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. Management does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business”. The amendments in this ASU clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Basically, these amendments provide a screen to determine when a set is not a business. If the screen is not met, the amendments in this ASU first require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output, and second, they require removal of the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. These amendments take effect for public businesses for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those periods, and all other entities should apply these amendments for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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In May 2017,Note 3. DISPOSAL OF VIE AND SUBSIDIAIRIES

On December 31, 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, ScopeCompany entered into a series of Modification Accounting, which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements, provides guidance on the types of changesagreements to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which anterminate its variable interest entity would be required to apply modification accounting under ASC 718. For all entities, the ASU is effective for annual reporting periods, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period.(“VIE”) structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”). The Company does not expect thatcontrolled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Pacific Shipping Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”). The Company made the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact ondecision to dissolve the VIE structure and Sino-China because Sino-China has no active operations and the Company wanted to remove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures. In addition, the Company dissolved its consolidated financial statements.subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc. On March 14, 2022, the company discontinued its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Inc., no gain or loss was recognized in the deconsolidation.

 

In July 2017,Since the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260)”, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The amendments in Part Idisposal did not represent any strategic change of this Update change the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. When determining whether certain financial instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments, a down round feature no longer precludes equity classification when assessing whetherCompany’s operation, the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. The amendments in Part II of this Update recharacterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now aredisposal was not presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. For public business entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected asdiscontinued operations.

Net assets of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impactentities disposed and loss on its consolidated financial statements.disposal was as follows:

 

  For the Year Ended 
  June 30, 2021 
  VIE  Subsidiaries  Total 
Total current assets $83,573  $20.898  $104.471 
             
Total other assets  8,723   -   8,723 
             
Total assets  92,296   20,898   113.194 
             
Total current liabilities  41,608   1,100   42.708 
Total net assets  50,688   19,798   70,486 
Noncontrolling interests  5,919,050   -   5,919,050 
Exchange rate effect  142,080   -   142,080 
Total loss on disposal $6,111,818  $19,798  $6,131,616 

Note 3. ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS4. CRYPTOCURRENCIES

 

The following table presents additional information about cryptocurrencies:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Beginning balance $261,338  $- 
Receipt of cryptocurrencies from mining services  -   261,338 
Impairment loss  (170,880)  - 
Ending balance $90,458  $261,338 

Impairment loss amounted to $170,880 for the year ended June 30, 2022. There is no impairment loss for the year ended June 30, 2021.


Note 5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

The Company’s advances to third-party suppliersnet accounts receivable are as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Freight fees $29,960  $2,192,910 
Others  24,930   - 
Total advances to suppliers-third parties $54,890  $2,192,910 
  

June 30,

  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Trade accounts receivable $3,521,491  $3,589,011 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  (3,413,110)  (3,475,769)
Accounts receivable, net $108,381  $113,242 

 

AsMovement of June 2017, the Company is undergoing a trial on the transporting of Sulphur product as containerized bulk cargo under joint agreements with Sino-Trans Guangxi and COSFRE Beijing. As of the end of fiscal year 2017, there was no revenue or cost of revenue recognized as the service provided has not been completed. $50,020 advances payment made to suppliers (including $29,960 advanced freight fees and the remaining balance was included in other prepayment) in relation of the trial of bulk cargo containerized was included in the balance of advances to suppliers as of June 30, 2017.

The Company’s advances to suppliers – related partyallowance for doubtful accounts are as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Freight fees $3,333,038  $     - 
Total advances to suppliers-related party $3,333,038  $- 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Beginning balance $3,475,769  $2,297,491 
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery  257   1,030,895 
Exchange rate effect  (62,916)  147,383 
Ending balance $3,413,110  $3,475,769 

 

As discussed in For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the provision for doubtful accounts was $257 and $1,033,407, respectively. The Company recovered nil and $2,512 of accounts receivable for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Note 1, on February 18, 2017, the Company entered into a cooperative transportation agreement with Zhiyuan   Hong Kong . Zhiyuan Hong Kong is owned by our largest shareholder. On July 7, 2017, the Company signed a supplemental agreement, pursuant to which Sino will cooperate with Zhiyuan Hong Kong exclusively on the entire project’s transportation needs. Pursuant to the supplemental agreement, the Company agrees to make prepayments to Zhiyuan Hong Kong6. OTHER RECEIVABLES, NET

The Company’s other receivables are as follows:

  June 30,
2022
  

June 30,
2021
(Restated)

 
Advances to customers* $3,943,547  $6,022,680 
Employee business advances  23,768   4,144 
Total  3,967,315   6,026,824 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  (3,942,258)  (6,024,266)
Other receivables, net $25,057  $2,558 

*In fiscal year 2019 and 2020, the Company entered into contracts with several customers where the Company’s services included both freight charge and cost of commodities to be shipped to customers’ designated locations. The terms of the contracts required the Company to prepay the commodities.  The Company prepaid for the commodities and reclassified the payment as other receivables as the payments were paid on behalf of the customers. These payments will be repaid to the Company when either the contract is executed or the contracts are terminated by either party. The customers were negatively impacted by the pandemic and required additional time to execute the contracts, due to significant uncertainty on whether the delayed contracts will be executed timely, the Company had provided an allowance due to contract delay and recorded allowances of approximately $6.0 million as of June 30, 2021. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recovered $1,934,619 and nil of these payment, respectively.

Movement of allowance for its share of packaging and transporting costs related to the project, in return the Company will receive 15% of its share of the cost incurred in the project from Zhiyuan Hong Kongdoubtful accounts are as a service fee. The project is expected to complete in one to two years and the Company will collect is service fee in accordance with project completion.follows:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Beginning balance $6,024,266  $5,787,421 
Recovery for doubtful accounts  (1,934,619)  - 
Exchange rate effect  (147,389)  236,845 
Ending balance $3,942,258  $6,024,266 


Note 4. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET7. ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS

 

The Company’s net accounts receivable isadvances to suppliers – third parties are as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
Trade accounts receivable $2,754,962  $2,540,052 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  (185,821)  (207,028)
Accounts receivables, net $2,569,141  $2,333,024 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Freight fees (1) $336,540  $880,000 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  (300,000)  - 
Advances to suppliers-third parties, net $36,540  $880,000 

 

For the year ended June 30, 2017, recovery of doubtful accounts receivable was $18,912. For the year ended June 30, 2016, $132,915 was charged to allowance for doubtful accounts.

(1)F-13The advanced freight fee is the Company’s prepayment made for various shipping costs for shipments from July 2021 to December 31, 2022. The Company provided allowance of $300,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

 

Note 5. OTHER RECEIVABLES

The Company’s other receivables represent mainly prepaid employee insurance and welfare benefits, which will be subsequently deducted from the employee payroll, guarantee deposits on behalf of ship owners as well as office lease deposits.

Note 6.8. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

The Company’s prepaid expenses and other current assets are as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Consultant fees (1) $158,150  $845,420 
Advance to employees  64,160   105,137 
Other (including prepaid web hosting , public relations services)  95,708   55,056 
Total  318,018   1,005,613 
Less : current portion  311,136   826,631 
Total noncurrent portion $6,882  $178,982 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Prepaid income taxes $11,929  $11,929 
Other (including prepaid professional fees, rent, listing fees)  353,984   330,063 
Total $365,913  $341,992 

 

(1) Note 9. OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS – DEPOSITS, NET

The Company entered into a management consulting services agreement with a consulting company on November 12, 2015, pursuant to which the consulting company shall assist the Company with its regulatory filings during the period from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018. In returnCompany’s other long-term assets – deposits are as follows:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Rental and utilities deposits $246,581  $111,352 
Freight logistics deposits (1)  -   3,181,746 
Total other long-term assets - deposits $246,581  $3,293,098 
Less: allowances for deposits  (8,832)  (3,177,127)
Other long-term assets- deposits, net $237,749  $115,971 

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On March 8, 2018, the Company entered into contract with BaoSteel Resources Co., Ltd (“BaoSteel”) to provide supply chain services for BaoSteel. The contract required the Company to pay BaoSteel approximately $3.1 million (RMB 20 million) of deposit. This refundable deposit is to cover any possible loss of merchandise, as well as any non-performance on the part of the Company and its vendors. The restricted deposit is expected be repaid to the Company when either the contract term expires by March 2023 or the contract is terminated by either party. Due to impact of COVID-19 and recent rising freight costs, the Company has not been able to fulfill the contract to BaoSteel  and expect it may not be able to collect the full deposit, as such the Company provided full allowance for the $3.1 million deposit with BaoSteel in fiscal year 2021. During fiscal year 2022, the Company wrote off the $3.1 million deposit.


Movements of allowance for its services,deposits are as approved by the Board, a total of RMB 2,100,000 ($316,298) was paid to the consulting company. The above-mentioned consulting fees have been and will be ratably charged to expense over the terms of the above-mentioned agreement.follows:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Beginning balance $3,177,127  $- 
Allowance for deposits  -   3,098,852 
Less: Write-off  (3,173,408)  - 
Exchange rate effect  5,113   78,275 
Ending balance $8,832  $3,177,127 

Note 7.10. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

The Company’s net property and equipment are as follows:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Land and buildings $198,512  $202,450 
Motor vehicles  542,471   497,006 
Computer equipment  155,141   156,890 
Office equipment  66,097   59,899 
Furniture and fixtures  163,219   164,701 
System software  117,733   119,964 
Leasehold improvements  62,857   64,105 
         
Total  1,306,030   1,265,015 
         
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization  1,118,657   1,088,648 
         
Property and equipment, net $187,373  $176,367 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Motor vehicles  715,571   332,124 
Computer equipment  117,397   86,831 
Office equipment  67,139   34,747 
Furniture and fixtures  390,093   205,303 
System software  111,562   115,722 
Leasehold improvements  829,687   860,626 
Mining equipment  922,438   922,438 
         
Total  3,153,887   2,557,791 
         
Less: Impairment reserve  (1,236,282)  (825,731)
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization  (1,368,649)  (974,803)
         
Property and equipment, net $548,956  $757,257 

 

Depreciation and amortization expenseexpenses for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021 were $49,367$533,638 and $59,508,$432,941, respectively. Impairment loss amounted to $410,552 and $825,731 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

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Note 8.11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Salary and reimbursement payable $305,423  $407,118 
Professional fees and other expense payable  305,264   83,575 
Interest payable  136,379   - 
Others  9,206   39,084 
Total $756,272  $529,777 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities represent mainly payroll and welfare payable, accrued expenses and other miscellaneous items.

Note 12. LOANS PAYABLE

 

Note 9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATIONOn May 11, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $124,570 under the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks (or an extended 24-week covered period) as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The loan forgiveness amount will be reduced for any Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) advance that the Company receives. The amount of loan forgiveness will be further reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period. On February 24, 2021, the full amount of PPP loan was forgiven and no principle or interest need to be repaid, so the Company recorded such as a gain for the year ended June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021, none of the PPP loan payable remained outstanding.

 


On May 26, 2020, the Company received an advance in the amount of $155,900 under the SBA EIDL program administered by the SBA pursuant to the CARES Act. Such advance amount will reduce the Company’s PPP loan forgiveness amount described above. In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, the Company will use proceeds from the SBA loans primarily for working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by disaster occurring in the month of January 31, 2020 and continuing thereafter. The SBA loans are scheduled to mature on May 22, 2050 and have a 3.75% interest rate and are subject to the terms and conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under the CARES Act. The monthly payable of $731, including principal and interest, commenced on May 22, 2021. The balance of principal and interest will be payable 30 years from the date of May 22, 2020. $5,900 of the loan will be forgiven. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has paid off the balance of the EIDL loan. Interest expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 for this loan was $2,404 and $5,839, respectively.

Note 13. CONVERTIBLE NOTES

On December 19, 2021, the Company issued two Senior Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) to two non-U.S. investors for an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000. 

The issuanceConvertible Notes bear an interest at 5% annually and may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share at a conversion price of $3.76 per share, the closing price of the common stock on December 17, 2021. The Convertible Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Company, and the maturity date of the Convertible Notes is December 18, 2023. The Company may repay any portion of the outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, without penalty for early repayment. The Company may make any repayment of principal and interest in (a) cash, (b) common stock at the conversion price or (c) a combination of cash or common stock at the conversion price.

The investors may convert any conversion amount into common stock on any date beginning on June 19, 2022.

The Company evaluated the convertible notes agreement under ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”) amended by ASU 2020-06. ASC 815 generally requires the analysis embedded terms and features that have characteristics of derivatives to be evaluated for bifurcation and separate accounting in instances where their economic risks and characteristics are not clearly and closely related to the risks of the host contract. Based on terms of the convertible notes agreements, the Company’s notes are convertible for a fixed number of shares and do not require the Company to net settle. None of the embedded terms required bifurcation and liability classification.

On March 8, 2022, the Company issued amended and restated the terms of the notes and issued the Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Notes (the “Amended and Restated Convertible Notes”) to the investors to change the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000. There other terms of the notes remained unchanged.

The terms of the Amended and Restated Convertible Notes are the same as that of the original Convertible Notes, except for the reduced principal amount and the waiver of interest for the $5,000,000 payment made on March 8, 2022.

For the year ended June 30, 2022, interest expenses related to the aforementioned convertible notes amounted to $132,977, respectively.


Note 14. LEASES

The Company determines if a contract contains a lease at inception which is the date on which the terms of the contract are agreed to and the agreement creates enforceable rights and obligations. US GAAP requires that the Company’s leases be evaluated and classified as operating or finance leases for financial reporting purposes. The classification evaluation begins at the commencement date and the lease term used in the evaluation includes the non-cancellable period for which the Company has the right to use the underlying asset, together with renewal option periods when the exercise of the renewal option is reasonably certain and failure to exercise such option which result in an economic penalty. All of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases.

The Company has several lease agreements with lease terms ranging from two to five years. As of June 30, 2022, ROU assets and lease liabilities amounted to $732,744 and $1,318,847 (including $471,976 from lease liabilities current portion and $846,871 from lease liabilities non-current portion), respectively and weighted average discount rate was approximately 10.89%.

The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The leases generally do not contain options to extend at the time of expiration and the weighted average remaining lease terms are 3.94 years.

For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, rent expense amounted to approximately $779,841 and $310,000, respectively.

Impairment loss amounted to $595,753 for the year ended June 30, 2022. No impairment loss was recognized for the year ended June 30, 2021.

The five-year maturity of the Company’s lease obligations is exemptedpresented below:

Twelve Months Ending June 30, Operating
Lease
Amount
 
    
2023 $599,256 
2024  569,861 
2025  203,975 
2026  159,750 
2027  9,567 
Thereafter  - 
Total lease payments  1,542,409 
Less: Interest  223,562 
Present value of lease liabilities $1,318,847 

Note 15. EQUITY

After the close of the stock market on July 7, 2020, the Company effected a l-for-5 reverse stock split of its common stock in order to satisfy continued listing requirements of its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The reverse stock split was approved by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders and was intended to allow the Company to meet the minimum share price requirement of $1.00 per share for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. As a result, all common stock share amounts included in this filing have been retroactively reduced by a factor of five, and all common stock per share amounts have been increased by a factor of five. Amounts affected include common stock outstanding, including those that have resulted from registration underthe stock options, and warrants exercisable for common stock.

Stock issuances:

On September 17, 2020, the Company entered into certain securities purchase agreement with certain “non-U.S. Persons” as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Act”). The Common Stock underlyingpursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 720,000 shares of the Company’s options grantedcommon stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 720,000 shares at a per share purchase price of $1.46. The net proceeds to the Company from such offering were approximately $1.05 million. The warrants became exercisable on March 16, 2021 at an exercise price of $1.825 per share. The warrants may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after March 16, 2021, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant shares. The warrants will expire on March 16, 2026. The warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the Company’s common stock trades at or above $4.38 for 20 consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or may be sold in compliance withpursuant to Rule 144 underand the Act. Each optiondaily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date.


On November 2 and November 3, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 860,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), each convertible into one share of common stock, no par value, of Company, upon the terms and subject to the limitations and considerations set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase up to 1,032,000 shares of common stock. The purchase price for each share of Series A Preferred Stock and accompanying warrants is $1.66. The net proceeds to the Company from this offering was approximately $1.43 million, not including any proceeds that may be received upon cash exercise of the warrants. The warrants became exercisable six (6) months following the date of issuance at an exercise price of $1.99 per share. The warrants may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant Shares. The warrants will expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $5.97 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date. In February 2021, the shareholders approved the preferred shareholders’ right to convert 860,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 860,000 shares of common stock in the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. As of June 30, 2021, the Series A Preferred Stock have been fully converted to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

On December 8, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase one shareagreement with certain investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,560,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, (the “Common Stock”). Payment for the options may be made in cash or by exchangingat a purchase price of $3.10 per share, and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,170,000 shares of Common Stockcommon stock of the Company at their fair market value. The fair market value will be equalan exercise price of $3.10 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the averageCompany of the highest$4,836,000. The warrants are initially exercisable beginning on December 11, 2020 and lowest registered sales prices of Company Stock onwill expire three and a half (3.5) years from the date of exercise.issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.

 

On January 27, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain non-U.S. investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, an aggregate of 1,086,956 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 5,434,780 shares. The termnet proceeds to the Company from this offering were approximately $4.0 million. The purchase price for each share of the 56,000 options granted in 2009common stock and five warrants is for 10 years$3.68, and the exercise price per warrant is $5.00. The warrants became exercisable at any time during the period beginning on or after July 27, 2021 and ending on or prior on January 27, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total number of the 56,000 optionsCompany’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the common stock shall equal or exceed $0.3 billion for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.

On February 6, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in 2009a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, at a purchase price of $6.805 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $12.4 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.805 per share. The warrants are exercisable upon issuance and expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.


On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, at a purchase price of $7.80 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $26.1 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share. The warrants are exercisable upon issuance and expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.

On December 14, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with non-U.S. investors and accredited investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors agreed to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of 3,228,807 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 4,843,210 shares. The purchase price for each share of common stock and one and a half warrants is $7.75.$3.26, and the exercise price per warrant is $4.00. The Company received net proceed of $10,525,819 and issued 3,228,807 shares and 4,843,210 warrants. In connection with the issuance, the Company issued 500,000 shares to a consultant in assisting the Company in finding potential investors.

The warrants will be exercisable at any time during the Exercise Window. The “Exercise Window” means the period beginning on or after June 14, 2022 and ending on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 13, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total number of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the common stock shall equal or exceed $150,000,000 for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.

The Company’s outstanding warrants are classified as equity since they qualify for exception from derivative accounting as they are considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock and require net share settlement. The fair value of the 56,000warrants was recorded as additional paid-in capital from common stock  options

On January 6, 2022, the Company entered into Warrant Purchase Agreements with certain warrant holders (the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to buy back an aggregate of 3,870,800 warrants (the “Warrants”) from the Sellers, and the Sellers agreed to sell the Warrants back to the Company. These Warrants were sold to these Sellers in three previous transactions that closed on February 11, 2021, February 10, 2021, and March 14, 2018. The purchase price for each Warrant is $2.00. Following announcement of the Warrant Purchase Agreements on January 6, 2022, the Company agreed to repurchase an additional 103,200 warrants from other Sellers on the same terms as the previously announced Warrant Purchase Agreements. The aggregate number of warrants repurchased under the Warrant Purchase Agreements was estimated using3,974,000.

On January 7, 2022, the Black-Scholes option-pricing modelCompany wired the purchase price to each Seller. Each Seller has agreed to deliver the Warrant to the Company for cancellation as soon as practicable following the closing date, but in no event later than January 13, 2022. The Warrants are deemed cancelled upon the receipt by the Sellers of the purchase price.

Following is a summary of the status of warrants outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2022: 

  Warrants  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
       
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2021  12,618,614  $5.30 
Issued  4,843,210   4.00 
Exercised  (1,296,000)  2.30 
Repurchased  (3,974,000)  7.56 
         
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2022  12,191,824  $4.37 
         
Warrants exercisable, as of June 30, 2022  12,191,824  $4.37 


Warrants Outstanding Warrants
Exercisable
  

Weighted
Average

Exercise
Price

  Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
2018 Series A, 400,000  103,334  $8.75  1.21 years
2020 warrants, 2,922,000  181,000  $1.83  3.17 years
2021 warrants, 11,088,280  11,907,490  $4.94  4.06 years

Stock-based compensation:

By action taken as of August 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company and the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) approved a one-time award of a total of 1,020,000 shares of the common stock under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) to, including (i) a one-time stock award grant of 600,000 shares to Chief Executive Officer, Lei Cao, (ii) a one-time stock award grant of 200,000 shares to acting Chief Financial Officer, Tuo Pan, (iii) a one-time stock award grant of 160,000 shares to Board member, Zhikang Huang, (iv) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares to Board member, Jing Wang, (v) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares to Board member, Xiaohuan Huang, and (vi) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares to Board member, Tieliang Liu. The shares were valued at an aggregate of $2,927,400 based on the grant date fair value of such shares.

On November 18, 2021, Mr. Jing Wang retired from his position as a member of the Board, the Chairperson of the Committee, a member of Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee. In connection with Mr. Wang’s retirement, the following assumptions: volatilityCompany granted Mr. Wang 100,000 shares of 173.84%common stock under the Company’s 2021 stock incentive plan, which shares were valued at $377,000 based on the grant date fair value.

On February 4, 2022, the Company approved a one-time award of a total of 500,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to certain executive officers of the Company, including Chief Executive Officer, Yang Jie (300,000 shares), risk free interest rate of 3.02%Chief Operating Officer, Jing Shan (100,000 shares), and expected life of 10 years.Chief Technology Officer, Shi Qiu (100,000 shares). The total fair value of the options was $413,107. In accordance with the vesting periods, the Company recorded no stock-based compensation expense for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. The options are fully vested at June 30, 2017.

The term of the 10,000 options granted in 2013 is 10 years and the exercise price of the 10,000 options issued in 2013 is $2.01. The fair value of the 10,000 stock options was calculated atgrants amounts to $2,740,000 based on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: volatility of 452.04%, risk free interest rate of 0.88% and expected life of 10 years. The total fair value of the options was $19,400. In accordance with the vesting periods, the Company amortized stock option expense of $3,880 for each of the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. As of June 30, 2017, 8,000 options were vested.

Pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, effective on July 26, 2016, the Company granted a total of 150,000 to two employees with a one-year vesting period, one half of which vested on October 26, 2016, and the other half will vest on July 26, 2017. The exercise price of the 150,000 options is $1.10, which was equal to the share price of $5.48.

On February 16, 2022, the Company’s Common Stock on July 26, 2016.Board approved a consulting agreement pursuant to which the Company will pay the consultant a monthly fee of $10,000 and 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The shares were valued at $7.42 at grant date with a grant date fair value of such options was $0.77 per share. The fair value of the 150,000 options was calculated using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following assumptions: volatility of 99.68%, risk free interest rate of 1.15%, and expected life of 5 years. The total fair value of the options was $115,979. In accordance with the vesting periods, $106,315 and nil$742,000 to be amortized through October 31, 2022. Stock compensation expenses for this contract were recorded as general and administrative expenses related to these options for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. In February 2017, 75,000 of these options were exercised by the two employees of the Company.

Pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, the Company granted a total of 800,000 options on December 14, 2016, to purchase an aggregate of 800,000 shares of Common Stock to seven employees, with a vesting period from one to three years. The grant date fair value of such options was $2.24 per option. The fair value of the 800,000 options was calculated using the Black-Scholes options pricing model with the following assumptions: volatility of 112.70%, risk free interest rate of 2.02%, and expected life of 5 years. The total fair value of the options was $1,788,985. With the seven employees’ consent, the Company cancelled the 800,000 options, effective February 16, 2017 and nil was recorded as part of general and administrative expenses related to these options$412,222 for the year ended June 30, 2017.2022.

 

In connection with the purchase order between SOSNY and Thor Miner (see note 2), the Company issued 800,000 restricted shares to Future Tech Business Consulting (“Future Tech”) pursuant to an Advisory Agreement under which Future Tech was to assist to the Company to find suitable buyers for cryptocurrency mining machines sold by Thor Miner. The shares were valued at approximately $3.6 million and the Company recorded the full amount as stock compensation expense for the year ended June 30, 2022.

During the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, $10,064,622 and nil were recorded as stock-based compensation expense, respectively.


Stock Options:

A summary of the outstanding options is presented in the table below:

 

  Shares  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
       
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2016  66,000  $6.88 
Granted  950,000   2.78 
Exercised  (75,000)  1.10 
Cancelled  (800,000)  3.10 
         
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2017  141,000  $3.81 
         
Options exercisable, as of June 30, 2017  64,000  $7.03 
  Options  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
       
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2021  17,000  $6.05 
Granted  -   - 
Exercised  -   - 
Cancelled, forfeited or expired  (15,000)  (5.50)
         
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2022  2,000  $10.05 
         
Options exercisable, as of June 30, 2022  2,000  $10.05 

 

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Following is a summary of the status of options outstanding and exercisable atas of June 30, 2017:2022:

 

Outstanding Options Exercisable Options 
Exercise Price  Number  Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
 Average
Exercise
Price
  Number  Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
 
$7.75   56,000  0.88 years $7.75   56,000   0.88 years 
$2.01   10,000  5.59 years $2.01   8,000   5.59 years 
$1.10   75,000  4.07 years $1.10   -   - 
     141,000         64,000     

Following is a summary of the status of warrants outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2017:

Warrants 
Outstanding
  

Warrants 

Exercisable

  Weighted
Average 
Exercise Price
  Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
 
 139,032   139,032  $9.30   0.88 years 

Total expenses for options and warrants amounted to $110,195 and $3,880 for the year ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Note 10. EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

On June 6, 2014, the Company entered into management consulting and advisory services agreements with two consultants, pursuant to which the consultants assisted the Company in, among other things, financial and tax due diligence, business evaluation and integration, development of pro forma financial statements. In return for their services, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, a total of 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were to be issued to these two consultants. During June 2014, 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to the consultants as a prepayment for their services. The value of their consulting services was determined using the fair value of the Company’s common stock of $2.34 per share when the shares were issued to the consultants. Their service agreements were for the period July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016. The remaining 400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were then issued to the consultants on September 30, 2014 at $1.68 per share, and the service terms are from September 2014 to November 2016. These shares were valued at $1,140,000 and the related consulting fees have been ratably charged to expense over the term of the agreements. Consulting expenses for the above services were $218,045 and $485,867 for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

On May 5, 2015, the Company entered into management consulting and advisory services agreements with three consultants, pursuant to which the consultants assisted the Company in, among other things, review of time charter agreements; crew management advisory; development of permanent and preventive maintenance standards related to dry dockings and ship repairs; development of regular technical and marine vessel inspections and quality control procedures; and development and implementation of alternative remedial actions to address technical problems that may arise. In return for their services, as approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, a total of 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were to be issued to these three consultants at $1.50 per share. Their service agreements are for a period of 18 months, effective May 2015. These shares were valued at $750,000 and the related consulting fees have been ratably charged to expense over the term of the agreements. Consulting expenses for the above services were $173,137 and $498,633 for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively

On December 9, 2015, the Company entered into a consulting and advisory services agreement with a consultant, pursuant to which the consultant will assist the Company for corporate restructuring, business evaluation and capitalization during the period from November 20, 2015 to November 19, 2016. In return for such services, the Company issued 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to this consultant for services to be rendered during the first half of the service period. Such shares were issued as restricted shares at $1.02 per share on December 9, 2015. On May 23, 2016, the Company issued additional 250,000 shares of common stock to this consultant at $0.72 per share to cover the services from the seventh month to November 19, 2016. These shares were valued at $435,000 and consulting expenses were $138,387 and $296,612 for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Company is authorized to issue, in the aggregate, 10,000,000 shares of common stock or other securities convertible or exercisable for common stock. Effective February 11, 2016, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company granted 660,000 shares of common stock to seven directors and executive officers under the Plan. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the plan stock award agreements, these shares vested immediately, with a total value of $349,800, at $0.53 per share based on the Company’s stock price on February 10, 2016. In addition, the Compensation Committee authorized the grant of a total of $300,000 worth of share awards under the Plan and/or the 2008 Equity Stock Incentive Plan for each fiscal year going forward to its directors and executive officers in the same proportion as they were granted for the fiscal year 2016, as long as such a director or executive officer is in his position and fulfills his duty.

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Outstanding Options Exercisable Options
Exercise Price  Number  

Average
Remaining
Contractual

Life

 Average
Exercise Price
  Number  

Average
Remaining
Contractual

Life

$10.05   2,000  0.59 years $10.05   2,000  0.59 years

 

In March 2017, the Company entered into a consulting and advisory services agreement with Jianwei Li, who will provide management consulting services that include marketing program designing and implementation and cooperative partner selection and management. The service period is from March 2017 to February 2020. The Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock as the remuneration of the service, which were issued as restricted shares at $2.53 per share on March 22, 2017 to the consultant.  These shares were valued at $632,500 and consulting expenses were $70,278 for the year ended June 30, 2017.

$599,846 and $1,327,780 were charged to expenses during the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

On February 21, 2017, the Company completed a sale of 1.5 million registered shares of its common stock, no par value, at a purchase price of $3.18 per share, to three institutional investors, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $4.77 million. The Company’s net proceeds from the offering, after deducting offering expenses and placement agent fees in the amount of $0.45 million, were approximately $4.32 million. Sino-Global will use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Note 11.16. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

 

The Company’s non-controlling interest consists of the following:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Sino-China:      
Original paid-in capital $356,400  $356,400 
Additional paid-in capital  1,044   1,044 
Accumulated other comprehensive income  217,379   157,019 
Accumulated deficit  (5,421,578)  (5,349,210)
   (4,846,755)  (4,834,747)
Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Ltd.  46,047   27,400 
ACH Trucking Center Corp.  31,929   - 
Total $(4,768,779) $(4,807,347)
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Sino-China:      
Original paid-in capital $-  $356,400 
Additional paid-in capital  -   1,043 
Accumulated other comprehensive income  -   14,790 
Accumulated deficit  -   (6,266,336)
   -   (5,894,103)
Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Ltd.  (1,521,645)  (1,494,303)
Thor  (486,942)  - 
Brilliant Warehouse Service, Inc.  (132,303)  (27,225)
Total $(2,140,890) $(7,415,631)

 

Note 12.17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCYCONTINGENCIES

 

Lease ObligationsContingencies

 

From time to time, the Company may be subject to certain legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcomes of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted, the Company does not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

SOS Information Technology New York, Inc. (“SOSNY”), a company incorporated under the laws of state of New York and a wholly owned subsidiary of SOS Ltd., filed a December 9, 2022 lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court against Thor Miner, Inc., which is Singularity’s joint venture (“Thor Miner”), Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (“Singularity” or the “Company,” and, together with Thor Miner, referred to as the “Corporate Defendants”), Lei Cao, Yang Jie, John F. Levy, Tieliang Liu, Tuo Pan, Shi Qiu, Jing Shan, and Heng Wang (jointly referred to as the “Individual Defendants”) (collectively, the Individual Defendants and the Corporate Defendants are the “Defendants”). SOSNY and Thor Miner entered into a January 10, 2022 Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “PSA”) for the purchase of $200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs, which SOSNY claims was breached by the Defendants. The first purchase order under the PSA was for $80,000,000 of crypto mining rigs.


SOSNY and Defendants entered into a certain settlement agreement and general mutual release with an Effective Date of December 28, 2022 (“Settlement Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to pay a sum of thirteen million in U.S. dollars ($13,000,000) (the “Settlement Payment”) to SOSNY in exchange for SOSNY dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice as to the settling Defendants and without prejudice as to all others. The full Settlement Payment was received by SOSNY on December 28, 2022. SOSNY dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice against Singularity (and other Defendants) on December 28, 2022.

Singularity and Thor Miner further covenanted and agreed that if they receive additional funds from HighSharp (Shenzhen Gaorui) Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (“HighSharp”) related to the PSA, they will promptly transfer such funds to SOSNY in an amount not to exceed forty million, five hundred sixty thousand, five hundred sixty-nine dollars ($40,560,569.00) (which is the total amount paid by SOSNY pursuant to the PSA less the price of the machines actually received by SOSNY pursuant to the PSA). The Settlement Payment and any payments subsequently received by SOSNY from HighSharp shall be deducted from the total amount of forty million, five hundred sixty thousand, five hundred sixty-nine dollars ($40,560,569.00) previously paid by, and now due and owing to SOSNY. In further consideration of the Settlement Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to execute and provide to SOSNY, within seven (7) business days after SOSNY’s receipt of the Settlement Payment, an assignment of all claims it may have against HighSharp or otherwise to the proceeds of the PSA. See Note 21 for further details.

Lawsuits in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement

On September 23, 2022, Hexin Global Limited and Viner Total Investments Fund filed a lawsuit against the Company and other defendants in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Hexin lawsuit”). On December 5, 2022, St. Hudson Group LLC, Imperii Strategies LLC, Isyled Technology Limited, and Hsqynm Family Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Company and other defendants in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “St. Hudson lawsuit,” and together with the Hexin lawsuit, the “Investor Actions”). The plaintiffs in the Investor Actions are investors that entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) with the Company in late 2021. Each of these plaintiffs asserts causes of action for, among other things, violations of federal securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, conversion, and unjust enrichment, and seeks monetary damages and specific performance to remove legends from certain securities sold pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement. The Hexin lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $6 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. The St. Hudson lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $4.4 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees.

Lawsuit in connection with the Financial Advisory Agreement

On October 6, 2022, Jinhe Capital Limited (“Jinhe”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting causes of actions for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, conversion, quantum meruit, and unjust enrichment, in connection with a financial advisory agreement entered into by and between Jinhe and the Company on November 10, 2021. Jinhe claims monetary damages of “at least $575,000” and “potentially exceeding $1.8 million,” plus interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees.

On January 10, 2023, St. Hudson lawsuit was consolidated with this lawsuit and Hexin lawsuit; on February 24, 2023, all three consolidated actions were dismissed without prejudice by the court, in furtherance of the parties having reached an agreement in principle to settle their disputes.

Putative Class Action

On December 9, 2022, Piero Crivellaro, purportedly on behalf of the persons or entities who purchased or acquired publicly traded securities of the Company between February 2021 and November 2022, filed a putative class action against the Company and other defendants in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleging violations of federal securities laws related to alleged false or misleading disclosures made by the Company in its public filings. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages, plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees. As this action is still in the early stage, the Company cannot predict the outcome.


In addition to the above litigations, the Company is also subject to additional contractual litigations as to which it is unable to estimate the outcome.

Government Investigations

Following a publication issued by Hindenburg Research dated May 5, 2022, the Company received subpoenas from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company leases certain office premises and apartments for employees under operating leaseis cooperating with the government regarding these matters. At this early stage, the Company is not able to estimate the outcome or duration of the government investigations. 

Employee Agreement

For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company had employment agreements with variouseach of Mr. Lei Cao, Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie. Employment agreement of Mr. Lei Cao provided for a ten-year term that extended automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. Employment agreements of Mr. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie provided for five-year terms that extended automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. If the Company failed to provide this notice or if the Company wished to terminate an employment agreement in the absence of cause, then the Company was obligated to provide at least 30 days’ prior notice. In such case during the initial term of the agreement, the Company would need to pay such executive (i) the remaining salary through April 16, 2020. Futurethe date of October 31, 2026. In addition, to pay Mr. Lei Cao and Ms. Tuo Pan (ii) two times of the then applicable annual salary if there had been no change in control, as defined in the employment agreements or three-and-half times of the then applicable annual salary if there was a change in control. The employment agreements for Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie were terminated in 2022, the Company has no remaining obligation under such agreements. Mr. Cao’s employment agreement with the Company was terminated, discussed in more detail under Note 21.

Note 18. INCOME TAXES

On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted and signed into law and includes, among other things, refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer side social security payments, net operating loss carryback periods and alternative minimum lease payments undertax credit refunds. The Company does not at present expect the provisions of the CARES Act to have a material impact on its tax provision given the amount of net operating lease agreementslosses currently available.

The Company’s income tax expenses for years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:

 

Twelve months ending June 30, Amount 
2018 $215,560 
2019  149,081 
2020  48,597 
  $413,238 
  

For the Years Ended
June 30

 
  2022  2021 
       
Current      
U.S. $-  $(3,450)
PRC  -   - 
Total income tax expenses $-  $(3,450)

 

Rental expenses for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $266,316 and $243,374, respectively.

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Legal proceedings

During the quarter ended December 31, 2015, a former vice president of the Company (the “Former Officer”) filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) against the Company and three current or former executives. The Former Officer sought $350,000 in damages plus attorney’s fees for alleged retaliation and a purported breach of his employment agreement. The Company responded to the complaint filed with OSHA and provided arguments and information supporting the Company’s position that no violation of law in connection with the Former Officer’s employment occurred. The complaint was settled on January 24, 2017, and the Company is required to pay a total of $185,000, of which $60,000 was paid on February 6, 2017 to the former officer. The settlement payment of $185,000 included the former officer’s salary, unemployment compensation and legal expenses incurred in connection with the complaint, which has been fully recorded and included in general and administrative expenses. The balance of $125,000 was paid to the Former Officer on April 26, 2017.

Contingencies

The Labor Contract Law of the PRC requires employers to insure the liability of the severance payments for terminated employees that have worked for the employers for at least two years prior to January 1, 2008. Employers are liable for one month of severance pay per year of the service provided by employees. As of June 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company has estimated its severance payments of approximately $48,713 and $62,500, respectively, which have not been reflected in its consolidated financial statements, because management cannot predict what the actual payment, if any, will be in the future.

Note 13. INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 20162021 varied from the amount computed by applying the statutory income tax rate to income before taxes. Reconciliations between the expected federal income tax rates using 21% for the federal statutory tax rate of 34%year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 to the Company’s effective tax rate are as follows:

 

  For the years ended
June 30,
 
  2017  2016 
  %  % 
       
U.S. statutory tax rate  34.0   34.0 
U.S. permanent difference  3.9  (11.0)
Change in valuation allowance  (39.9)  (105.9)
Rate differential in foreign jurisdiction  (13.1)  25.0 
Other  -  3.3 
   (15.1)  (54.6)

The Company’s income tax benefit (expense) for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

  For the years ended
June 30,
 
  2017  2016 
       
Current      
USA $-  $- 
Hong Kong  (70,958)  23,287 
China  (206,358)  (555,280)
   (277,316)  (531,993)
         
Deferred        
USA  749,400   (280,600)
   749,400   (280,600)
         
Total income tax benefit (expense) $472,084  $(812,593)

  June 30,
2022
  June 30,
2021
 
  %  % 
       
US Statutory tax rate $21.0  $21.0 
Permanent difference*  (5.3)  0.1 
Change in valuation allowance  (14.9)  (20.3)
Rate differential in foreign jurisdiction  (0.8)  (0.9)
  $-  $(0.1)

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*Permanent difference includes non-deductible expenses mainly stock compensation.

The Company’s deferred tax assets are comprised of the following:

 

  For the years ended
June 30,
 
  2017  2016 
       
Allowance for doubtful accounts $106,000  $112,000 
Stock-based compensation  790,000   735,000 
Net operating loss  1,464,000   3,752,000 
Total deferred tax assets  2,360,000   4,599,000 
Valuation allowance  (1,610,600)  (4,599,000)
Deferred tax assets, net - long-term $749,400  $- 
  June 30,
2022
  June 30,
2021
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts      
U.S. $617,000  $1,706,000 
PRC  1,830,000   2,718,000 
         
Net operating loss        
U.S.  4,670,000   3,422,000 
PRC  1,283,000   1,507,000 
Total deferred tax assets  8,400,000   9,353,000 
Valuation allowance  (8,400,000)  (9,353,000)
Deferred tax assets, net - long-term $-  $- 

 

The Company’s operations in the U.S. have incurred a cumulative U.S. federal net operatingoperation loss (“NOL”) of approximately $6,205,000$12,543,000 as of June 30, 2017,2021, which may reduce future federal taxable income. ForDuring the year ended June 30, 2017,2022, approximately $1,853,000$9,700,000 of NOL was utilizedgenerated and the tax benefit derived from such NOL was approximately $630,000. For2,000,000. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s cumulative NOL amounted to approximately $22,200,000 which may reduce future federal taxable income, of which approximately $1,400,000 will expire in 2037 and the remaining balance carried forward indefinitely.

The Company’s operations in China incurred a cumulative NOL of approximately $6,026,000 as of June 30, 2021 which was mainly from Sino-China which was disposed during the year ended June 30, 2016,2022. During the utilizationyear ended June 30, 2022, additional NOL of approximately $4,845,000 was generated. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s cumulative NOL was nil and no tax benefit was derived from NOL. This carry-forwardamounted to approximately 1,283,000 which may reduce future taxable income which will expire if not utilized by 2036.2026.

 

The Company periodically evaluates the likelihood of the realization of deferred tax assets (“DTA”) and reduces the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance to the extent it believes a portion will not be realized. The CompanyManagement considers many factors when assessingnew evidence, both positive and negative, that could affect the likelihood ofCompany’s future realization of the deferred tax assets including its recent cumulative earnings experience, expectation of future income, the carry forward periods available for tax reporting purposes and other relevant factors. Part of the Company’s traditional business, such as shipping agency services and shipping and chartering services,The Company determined that it is temporarily suspended. Management has provided an allowance against themore likely than not its deferred tax assets balancecould not be realized due to uncertainty on future earnings as a result of the company’s reorganization and venture into new businesses. The Company provided a 100% allowance for its DTA as of June 30, 2017.2022. The net decrease in the valuation allowance for the year ended June 30, 2017 was $2,988,000 and2022 amounted to approximately $953,000, based on management’s reassessment of the net increase inamount of the valuation allowance for the same period of 2016 was $2,026,600.Company’s deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized.

 


The Company’s taxes payable consists of the following:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
VAT tax payable $520,436  $475,066 
Corporate income tax payable  1,290,832   1,100,380 
Others  74,948   61,751 
Total $1,886,216  $1,637,197 
  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
VAT tax payable $1,098,862  $1,126,489 
Corporate income tax payable  2,295,803   2,377,589 
Others  62,512   68,341 
Total $3,457,177  $3,572,419 

 

Note 14.19. CONCENTRATIONS

 

Major Customers

 

For the year ended June 30, 2017, three2022, two customers accounted for 26%, 24%45.6% and 19%27.9% of the Company’s gross revenues.  As of June 30, 2022, two customers accounted for 43.3% and 10.4% of the Company’s accounts receivable, net.

For year ended June 30, 2021, one customer accounted for approximately 94.4% of the Company’s revenues. AtAs of June 30, 2017,2021, one of these three customerscustomer accounted for 100%approximately 87.6% of the Company’s accounts due from related parties (See Note 16) and the remaining two customers accounted for approximately 63% of the Company’s accounts receivable.receivable, net.

 

Major Suppliers

For the year ended June 30, 2016,2022, two customerssuppliers accounted for 31%approximately 26.3% and 27%24.1% of the Company’s revenues. At June 30, 2016, these two customers accounted for 100% and approximately 70% of the Company’s due from related parties and accounts receivable.

Major Supplierstotal gross purchases, respectively.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2017,2021, two suppliers accounted for 42%approximately 55.4% and 11%28.6% of the total costs of revenue. For the year ended June 30, 2016, three suppliers accounted for 27%, 15% and 10% of the total cost of revenues.revenue, respectively.

 

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Note 15.20. SEGMENT REPORTING

 

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in consolidated financial statements for detailing the Company’s business segments.

 

The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief ExecutiveOperating Officer, who reviews the financial information of the separate operating segments when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing the performance of the group. TheAs of June 30, 2022, the Company has determined that it has fivehad two operating segments: (1) freight logistics services and (2) sales of crypto-mining machines. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company also engaged in shipping agency and ship management services; (2)services, which were carried out by its subsidiary in the U.S. The Company no longer operates in the shipping and chartering services; (3) inland transportation management services; (4) freight logistics services; and (5) container trucking services. However,agency segment because it did not receive any new orders for its services due to the downturn inuncertainty of the shipping industry,management market which was negatively impacted by the Company has decided to suspend to its shipping agency and ship management services and shipping and chartering services.COVID-19 pandemic.

  


The following tables present summary information by segment for the years ended June 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively:

 

  For the year ended June 30, 2017 
  Shipping
Agency and Ship
Management
 Services
  Shipping and
 Chartering
Services
  Inland
Transportation
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistic
Services
  Container
Trucking
Services
  Total 
Revenues                  
- Related party $       -  $         -  $2,746,423  $-  $-  $2,746,423 
- Third parties $-  $-  $3,012,177  $4,815,450  $871,563  $8,699,190 
Cost of revenues $-  $-  $620,259  $3,710,364  $649,968  $4,980,591 
Gross profit $-  $-  $5,138,341  $1,105,086  $221,595  $6,465,022 
Depreciation and amortization $-  $-  $27,857  $21,510  $-  $49,367 
Total capital expenditures $-  $-  $61,359  $1,053  $-  $62,412 
  For the Year Ended June 30, 2022 
  Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistics
Services
  Sale of
Crypto-mining
Machines
  Total 
Net revenues $            -  $3,830,615  $157,800  $3,988,415 
Cost of revenues $-  $4,136,474  $-  $4,136,474 
Gross profit $-  $(305,859) $157,800  $(148,059)
Depreciation and amortization $-  $512,586  $21,052  $533,638 
Total capital expenditures $-  $840,319  $34,199  $874,518 
Gross margin%  -%  (8.0)%  100.0%  (3.7)%

 

  For the year ended June 30, 2016 
  Shipping
Agency and Ship
Management
Services
  Shipping and
Chartering
Services
  Inland
Transportation
Management
Services
  Total 
Revenues            
- Related party $-  $-  $2,269,346  $2,269,346 
- Third parties $2,507,800  $462,218  $2,071,176  $5,041,194 
Cost of revenues $2,175,109  $212,510  $1,350,370  $3,737,989 
Gross profit $332,691  $249,708  $2,990,152  $3,572,551 
Depreciation and amortization $45,434  $1,410  $12,664  $59,508 
Total capital expenditures $13,537  $2,854  $15,268  $31,659 
  For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
  Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
  Freight
Logistics
Services
  Sales of
Crypto-mining
Machines
  Total 
Net revenues $206,845  $4,944,187  $           -  $5,151,032 
Cost of revenues $176,968  $4,797,426  $-  $4,974,394 
Gross profit $29,877  $146,761  $-  $176,638 
Depreciation and amortization $299,934  $36,300  $-  $336,234 
Total capital expenditures $136,076  $407,954  $-  $544,030 
Gross margin%  14.4%  3.0%  -%  3.4%

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
Total assets:      
Shipping Agency and Ship Management Services $-  $1,271,948 
Shipping and Chartering Services  -   534,896 
Inland Transportation Management Services  15,552,593   7,247,300 
Freight Logistic Services  1,704,946   - 
Container Trucking Services  558,482   - 
Total Assets $17,816,021  $9,054,144 

Total assets as of:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021

(Restated)

 
Shipping Agency and Management Services $-  $42,210,912 
Freight Logistic Services  44,058,444   5,947,235 
Sales of crypto-mining machines  20,789,296   - 
Total Assets $64,847,740  $48,158,147 

The Company’s operations are primarily based in the PRC and U.S, where the Company derives all of its revenues. Management also reviews consolidated financial results by business locations.

Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic locations are as follows:

  For the Years Ended 
  

June 30,

  

June 30,

 
  2022  2021 
PRC $2,982,691  $4,921,022 
U.S.  1,005,724   230,010 
Total revenues $3,988,415  $5,151,032 

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Note 16. OTHER21. RELATED PARTY BALANCE AND TRANSACTIONS

 

Advance to suppliers-related party

 

The Company’s advances to suppliers – related party are as follows:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Bitcoin mining hardware and other equipment (1) $6,153,546  $        - 
Total Advances to suppliers-related party $6,153,546  $- 

(1)

On January 10, 2022, the Company’s joint venture, Thor Miner, entered into a Purchase Agreement with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order. The Company also entered into sales contract with SOS information Technology New York Inc (“SOSNY”) which specify the products to be delivered within 120 days from acceptance of contract and received a total deposit from SOSNY in the amount of $48,930,000.

The Company shipped cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY worth $1,325,520 for the year ended June 2022 and $6,153,546 from July to December 2022.

Due to production issues from HighSharp, Thor was not able to timely deliver the full quantity of cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY under the PSA according to contract and was sued by SOSNY for breach of contract on December 9, 2022.

The Company entered into settlement agreement SOSNY effective on December 28, 2022, under which the Company will repay $13.0 million to SOSNY and terminate the previous agreements and balance of the deposits. The Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor has paid to HighSharp.

As of December 22, 2022, the balance of advance to HighSharp and deposit from SOSNY amounted to $27,927,583 and $40,560,569, respectively. Thor Minor paid $13.0 million on December 23, 2022   to SOSNY and wrote off the balance of the deposit it received from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulting in net bad debt expenses of $367,014.

Due from related party, net

As of June 30, 20172022 and 2016,June 30, 2021, the outstanding amounts due from related partyparties consist of the following:

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd.  1,715,130   1,622,519 
Total $1,715,130  $1,622,519 
  

June 30,

  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (1) $-  $384,331 
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (2)  415,412   430,902 
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (3)  1,306,004   - 
LSM Trading Ltd (4)  570,000   - 
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (5)  103,424   - 
Cao Lei  (6)  54,860   - 
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts  (2,449,700)  (384,331)
Total $-  $430,902 

 

(1)In June 2013, the Company signed a five-year global logistic service agreement with Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and TEWOO Chemical& Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd. (together with Zhiyuan Investment Group, “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan Investment Group is owned by Mr. Zhong Zhang, a former shareholder of the Company. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with the Zhiyuan Investment Group whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control potential commodities loss during the transportation process. Starting in late 2020, Mr. Zhang started selling off his shares of the Company and does not own shares of the Company as of June 30, 2021 and no longer a related party. Management’s reassessed the collectability and decided to provide full allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2021. The Company wrote off the balance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.

In June 2013, the Company signed a five-year global logistics service agreement with Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (the “Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and TEWOO Chemical & Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd. (together with Zhiyuan Investment Group, “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan Investment Group is owned by Mr. Zhang, the largest shareholder of the Company. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with the Zhiyuan Investment Group whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control potential commodities loss during the transportation process. As a result of the inland transportation management services provided to Zhiyuan, the Company generated revenue of $2,746,423 (24% of the Company’s total revenue in 2017) and $2,269,346 (31% of the Company’s total revenue in 2016) for the years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The amount due from Zhiyuan Investment Group at June 30, 2016 was $1,622,519. During the year ended June 30, 2017, the Company continued to provide inland transportation management services to Zhiyuan and collected approximately $2.7 million from Zhiyuan to reduce outstanding accounts receivable. As of June 30, 2017, the amount due from Zhiyuan was $1,715,130, the aging of which is less than 180 days. 


(2)

During third fiscal quarter of 2021, the Company advanced $477,278 to Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (“Zhejiang Jinbang”) which is 30% owned by Mr. Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai and Zhejiang Jinbang returned $39,356 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. There has been no change in the balance other than changes as a result of changes in exchange rates. The Company provided allowance of $415,412 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(3)

From July to December 2021, the Company advanced approximately $1.6 million to Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘Baoyin”) which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd.  Baoyin repaid approximately $0.3 million in December 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $1,306,004 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(4)The Company advanced $570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40% owned by the Company for the year ended June 30, 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand.The Company provided allowance of  $570,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.

(5)

On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into a project cooperation agreement with Rich Trading Co. Ltd USA (“Rich Trading”) for the trading of computer equipment. Rich Trading’s bank account was controlled by now-terminated members of the Company’s management and was, at the time, an undisclosed related party. According to the agreement, the Company was to invest $4.5 million in the trading business operates by Rich Trading and the Company would be entitled to 90% of profit generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $3,300,000 for this project. $3,200,000 has been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $100,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, the Company also paid for expenses of Rich Trading for $3,424 and provided full allowance for the advance.

(6)The amount represents advance for business expenses to Mr. Cao Lei, former Chairman of the Board. The Company provided allowance of $54,860 for the year ended June 30, 2022. Business expenses incurred by Cao Lei amounted to $66,842 and $120,934 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.

Loan receivable- related parties (restated)

As of June 30, 20172022 and 2016,June 30, 2021, the outstanding amounts of advance to suppliers-related party consistloan receivable from related parties consists of the following:

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
Zhiyuan International Investment & Holding Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.  3,333,038        - 
Total $3,333,038  $- 

 

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2022  2021 
Wang, Qinggang (1) $552,285  $             - 

On February 18, 2017, Trans Pacific Beijing (subsidiary) and Sino China (VIE) (collectively, the “Seller”), a subsidiary and VIE of the Company, entered into a Cooperative Transportation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Zhiyuan International Investment & Holding Group (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (the “Buyer” or “Zhiyuan Hong Kong”). The Buyer is also owned by Mr. Zhang, the largest shareholder of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Buyer jointly with China Minmetals Corporation and China Metallurgical Group Corporation acts as the general designer, general equipment provider and general service contractor in the upgrade and renovation project of Perwaja Steel Indonesia which is located in Malaysia (the “Project”). The Seller shall be appointed as general agent to handle all

(1)

On June 10, 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The loan is non-interest bearing for loan amount up to $630,805 (RMB 4 million). In February 2022, Wang Qinggang, borrowed and repaid $232,340 of the loan amount. In June 2022, additional $552,285 (RMB 3,700,000) was loaned to Wang Qinggang with due date of June 7, 2024. The full amount was returned in September and December 2022.

Other payable - related logistics and transportation occurring in the Project. party

On July 7, 2017, the Company signed a supplemental agreement with the Buyer, pursuant to which Sino will cooperate with Zhiyuan Hong Kong exclusively on the entire project’s transportation needs. Pursuant to the supplemental agreement, the Company agrees to make prepayments to Zhiyuan Hong Kong for its share of packaging and transporting costs related to the project, in return the Company will receive 15% of its share of the cost incurred in the project from Zhiyuan Hong Kong as a service fee. The project is expected to complete in one to two years and the Company will collect is service fee in accordance with project completion. 

As of June 30, 20172021, the Company had payable to former Chief Executive Officer of $11,303 and 2016,to the outstanding amounts due to related parties consistacting Chief Financial Officer of $2,516 which were included in other current liabilities. These payments were made on behalf of the following: Company for the daily business operational activities.

  June 30,  June 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
ACH Logistic Inc. $131,262  $    - 
Jetta Global Logistics Inc.  75,061   - 
Total $206,323  $- 

 

In December 2016, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Jetta Global to form ACH Trucking Center to provide short-haul trucking transportation and logistics services to customers located in the New York and New Jersey areas. ACH Logistic Inc. (ACH Logistic) and Jetta Global are invested by the same owner and both of the companies provided freight logistic service and container trucking service to the Company. Revenue - related party

For the year ended June 30, 2017, ACH Logistic and Jetta Global provided services in2022, revenue from related party Zhejiang Jinbang amounted to $222,963. There was no related party revenue for the amount of $788,775 and $222,869 to the Company, respectively.year ended June 30, 2021.


Note 17.22. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In July 2017

On December 23, 2022, the Company entered into a supplementalsettlement agreement with Tengda NorthwestSOSNY in which the Company will repay $13.0 million to extendSOSNY and terminate the global logistic service period until July 3, 2018. previous agreements and balance of the deposits. The Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor has paid to HighSharp. The Company paid SOSNY on December 23, 2022 and the settlement agreement became effective on December 28, 2022.

In August 2017,

On January 9, 2023, the Company, entered into an Executive Separation Agreement and General Release (the “Separation Agreement”), with Lei Cao, an employee of the Company and a supplementalmember of the Board, setting forth the terms and conditions related to (1) the termination of Mr. Cao’s employment with the Company and the termination of the employment agreement dated as of November 1, 2021 as well as cancellation and/or termination of certain other agreements relating to Mr. Cao’s employment with Zhiyuan to extend the inland transportation management service period until September 1, 2018. Company; and (2) Mr. Cao’s resignation from the Board, effective as of January 9, 2023.

On August 24, 2017, Sino signed a marketing promoting service agreement with COSCO Qingdao.

Pursuant to the agreement, COSCO Qingdao will help SinoSeparation Agreement, Mr. Cao submitted a letter of resignation from the Board on January 9, 2023. In addition, he agreed to promote shippingforfeit and multimodal transportation including inland trucking container transportation services, switch bill and freight collection services. On August 24, 2017, Sino has paid $100,000return to COSCO Qingdao for first installment (September 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017)the Company the 600,000 shares of common stock of the marketing expense. Company granted to him on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan of the Company (the “2021 Shares”). Mr. Cao also agreed to cooperate with the Company regarding certain investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and/or any other matters arising out of or related to Mr. Cao’s relationship with or service to the Company. In consideration, the Company agreed to provide the following benefits to which Mr. Cao was not otherwise entitled: (1) payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Mr. Cao up through January 9, 2023 associated with Mr. Cao’s personal legal representation in matters relating to Mr. Cao’s tenure with the Company, the investigations and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and the negotiation and drafting of the Separation Agreement; (2) the release of claims in Mr. Cao’s favor contained in the Separation Agreement; and (3) payment of Mr. Cao’s reasonable and necessary legal fees to the extent incurred by Mr. Cao as a result of his cooperation as required by the Company under the terms of the Separation Agreement. Additionally, the Separation Agreement contains mutual general releases and waiver of claims from Mr. Cao and the Company.

 

F-21On February 4, 2022, the Company approved a one-time award of a total of 500,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to certain executive officers of the Company, including Chief Executive Officer, Yang Jie (300,000 shares), Chief Operating Officer, Jing Shan (100,000 shares), and Chief Technology Officer, Shi Qiu (100,000 shares). On December 28, 2022 and January 19, 2023, Jing Shan and Yang Jie agreed to forfeit their shares totaling 400,000. On December 27, 2022 and December 19, 2022, Jing Shan and Yang Jie each signed a cancellation agreement to return 100,000 and 300,000 shares, respectively, to the Company for cancellation for no consideration. The cancellation agreements and the cancellation of shares underlying thereunder were ratified and approved by the Board on January 19, 2023. As of the date of this Report, the 300,000 shares issued to Mr. Jie were cancelled and the 100,000 shares issued to Ms. Shan were in the process of being cancelled.

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